Jorma Karvonen (born 16 October 1949) is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor and world champion. He won a gold medal at the first World Ski Orienteering Championships in Hyvinkää in 1975 in the relay event with the Finnish team (with Pekka Pökälä, Heimo Taskinen and Olavi Svanberg).[1] He also received an individual silver medal in 1975, and a bronze medal at the 1977 World Championships in Avesta.

Jorma Karvonen
Medal record
Representing  Finland
Men's orienteering
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Kongsberg Relay
Men's ski orienteering
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1975 Hyvinkää Relay
Silver medal – second place 1975 Hyvinkää Individual
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Velingrad Individual

At the 1978 World Orienteering Championships in Kongsberg he won a bronze medal with the Finnish relay team.[2]

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References edit

  1. ^ World Ski Orienteering ChampionshipsInternational Orienteering Federation (Retrieved on 27 October 2008)
  2. ^ "World Orienteering Championships 1978". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 14 July 2017.