Jamie Stevenson (orienteer)

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Jamie Stevenson (orienteer) - Wikipedia

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Jamie Stevenson

Stevenson at the 2008 World Orienteering Championships

Personal information

Nationality

Scottish

Born

25 March 1975 (age 49)

Sport

Orienteering

Medal record

Men's orienteering

Representing Great Britain
World Championships
	2003 Rapperswil/Jona	Sprint
	2008 Olomouc	Relay
	2003 Rapperswil/Jona	Relay
	2006 Aarhus	Middle
World Games
	2001 Akita	Short
European Championships
	2006 Otepää	Sprint
	2002 Sümeg	Middle
Nordic Championships
	2001 Mikkeli	Relay
	2003 Flen	Sprint

Jamie Stevenson (born 25 March 1975) is a British orienteering champion. In 2003 he won the gold medal in the sprint distance at the World Orienteering Championships. He was the first and, to-date, the only British male orienteering world champion (Yvette Baker won the short distance race at the 1999 world championships).

Stevenson won a second individual world championship medal in Denmark in 2006, with a third place in the middle distance category.

He also holds two world relay medals running the anchor leg for Great Britain: Bronze in 2003 and Gold in 2008.

Background

Stevenson was born on 25 March 1975 in Scotland.^[1]^[2] He was educated at Daniel Stewart's and Melville College in Edinburgh. He studied at the University of Sheffield.

Orienteering

He has also raced for Swedish (IFK Göteborg) and Danish clubs. While living in Sweden he won the Swedish long distance championships. He now lives in Denmark. At international level he was a member of the British relay team which won the prestigious Nordic Championships in 2001, the relay bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships in Switzerland and the relay gold medal at the 2008 World Championships. In 2006 he won the Danish 4 km Short Course Cross Country Championships held in Helsingør.

In August 2002 Stevenson briefly topped the world orienteering rankings.^[3]

He appeared on the TV sports quiz They Think It's All Over in 2003 after winning the gold medal in the sprint distance at the World Orienteering Championships.

He also holds two world relay medals running the anchor leg for Great Britain in 2003 to take Bronze (with Dan Marsden and Jon Duncan) and Gold in 2008 with Graham Gristwood and Jon Duncan. Jamie Stevenson has won the British Orienteering Championships in all disciplines except for Night Orienteering.

References

^ "Profile: Jamie Stevenson". World of O Runners. August 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
^ British team: Jamie Stevenson – British Orienteering Federation (Retrieved on 11 July 2008)
^ "Stevenson is king for a day". Scotland on Sunday. 18 August 2002. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

External links

Jamie Stevenson at the International Orienteering Federation
Jamie Stevenson at World of O

v t e Orienteering World Champions Men
Individual/Classic/Long	1966: Åge Hadler 1968: Kalle Johansson 1970: Stig Berge 1972: Åge Hadler 1974: Bernt Frilén 1976: Egil Johansen 1978: Egil Johansen 1979: Øyvin Thon 1981: Øyvin Thon 1983: Morten Berglia 1985: Kari Sallinen 1987: Kent Olsson 1989: Petter Thoresen 1991: Jörgen Mårtensson 1993: Allan Mogensen 1995: Jörgen Mårtensson 1997: Petter Thoresen 1999: Bjørnar Valstad 2001: Jørgen Rostrup 2003: Thomas Bührer 2004: Bjørnar Valstad 2005: Andrey Khramov 2006: Jani Lakanen 2007: Matthias Merz 2008: Daniel Hubmann 2009: Daniel Hubmann 2010: Olav Lundanes 2011: Thierry Gueorgiou 2012: Olav Lundanes 2013: Thierry Gueorgiou 2014: Thierry Gueorgiou 2015: Thierry Gueorgiou 2016: Olav Lundanes 2017: Olav Lundanes 2018: Olav Lundanes 2019: Olav Lundanes 2021: Kasper Fosser 2023: Kasper Fosser
Short/Middle	1991: Petr Kozák 1993: Petter Thoresen 1995: Yuri Omeltchenko 1997: Janne Salmi 1999: Jørgen Rostrup 2001: Pasi Ikonen 2003: Thierry Gueorgiou 2004: Thierry Gueorgiou 2005: Thierry Gueorgiou 2006: Holger Hott Johansen 2007: Thierry Gueorgiou 2008: Thierry Gueorgiou 2009: Thierry Gueorgiou 2010: Carl Waaler Kaas 2011: Thierry Gueorgiou 2012: Edgars Bertuks 2013: Leonid Novikov 2014: Olav Lundanes 2015: Daniel Hubmann 2016: Matthias Kyburz 2017: Thierry Gueorgiou 2018: Eskil Kinneberg 2019: Olav Lundanes 2021: Matthias Kyburz 2023: Matthias Kyburz
Sprint	2001: Jimmy Birklin 2003: Jamie Stevenson 2004: Niclas Jonasson 2005: Emil Wingstedt 2006: Emil Wingstedt 2007: Thierry Gueorgiou 2008: Andrey Khramov 2009: Andrey Khramov 2010: Matthias Müller 2011: Daniel Hubmann 2012: Matthias Kyburz 2013: Mårten Boström 2014: Søren Bobach 2015: Jonas Leandersson 2016: Jerker Lysell 2017: Daniel Hubmann 2018: Daniel Hubmann 2021: Isac von Krusenstierna 2022: Kasper Fosser 2024: Martin Regborn
Knockout sprint	2022: Matthias Kyburz 2024: Riccardo Rancan

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Background

Orienteering

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