IOF Major Event Appointments
The IOF Council made several major event appointments in connection with its meeting in Warsaw January 18-19, 2019. Among them the World Masters Orienteering Championships 2022....
Thailand joins the IOF, and Greece to join soon
The Thai Orienteering Association (TOA) was approved as a member of the IOF at the Council Meeting held in Warsaw this past weekend (January 18-19, 2019). This brings the number of members of the IOF to 73....
New IOF World Ranking
At the October meeting of Council, changes were approved to the IOF World ranking System (WRS) with effect from January 1 2019 following a review of the WRS....
Trail Orienteering Athlete of the Year: Ján Furucz
Ján Furucz, current world champion in PreO and silver medallist in TempO, has been chosen as the TrailO Athlete of 2018 as a result of his remarkable performances during last season. Furucz grew up in an orienteering fam...
MTB Orienteering Athlete of the Year: Martina Tichovska
The Czech athlete Martina Tichovska has been the clear queen of MTBO in 2018. She won five medals at the World MTBO Championships, one in each race: two gold medals in Long Distance and the Relay plus three silver medals...