Who will be Athlete of the Year 2021?
The nominations are in, now it’s time to vote to see who is the favourite to become Athlete of the Year 2021. At the end of the nomination period December 20th we had received 124 nominations for 69 athletes. Among...
World Cup Relay and Team competitions: 5 distinct phases
The Individual competition has always been foremost in the World Cup, but Relays and Team competitions have also been included – although not in all years. There have been 5 distinct phases: Individual World Cup competit...
World Cup 1986-2019: Daniel Hubmann the most outstanding athlete
Biggest star ever in the men’s World Cup is Daniel Hubmann, Switzerland, who holds the record for the number of overall World Cup victories, six in all, won between 2008 and 2015. His compatriot Matthias Kyburz has won f...
World Cup 1986-2019: two women athletes supreme
Simone Niggli, Switzerland and Tove Alexandersson, Sweden are two legendary names in World Cup history. Niggli dominated the World Cup results between 2002 and 2013, achieving top spot overall 9 times; Alexandersson has ...
World Masters Orienteering Championships 2021 in Hungary – entries are open!
Following the postponement of the World Masters Games 2021 in Japan to 2022, the IOF Council initiated work to find an organiser of a WMOC in the calendar year 2021. Of the 2 applications which were received for hosting ...