 Simone Niggli-Luder (1997-ch)  Jørgen Rostrup (1997/1998-ch)  Tatiana Pereliaeva (1998/2000-ch)  Andrey Khramov (1999/2001-ch)  Minna Kauppi (2001/2002-ch) The Junior World Orienteering Championships (or JWOC) are held every year. They were first held in 1990. Entry is open to national teams aged 20 and below as of 31 December in the year of competition. Representative countries must be members of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF). [edit] History An international junior match was arranged first time in 1983 in Ry, Denmark, and then in 1984 (Hartberg, Austria) and 1985 (Font-Romeau, France). From 1986 (in Pécs, Hungary) the events became the unofficial Junior European Championships, and were held the following years, 1987 (Ambleside, England), 1988 (Eupen, Belgium) and 1989 (Seefeld/Kufstein, Austria). From 1990 (Älvsbyn, Sweden), the competition became official Junior World Orienteering Championships. [edit] Current program Current program includes:
Individual Sprint Event (Straight Final)
Individual Middle Distance Event (Consists of a qualifier and ranked finals)
Individual Long Distance Event (Straight Final)
Team Relay
Originally JWOC started with an Individual (Classic) competition followed by a relay. The Short Distance Championships were added in 1991, which remained until 2004 where the Short Distance became the Middle Distance, falling into line with the World Orienteering Championships An unofficial Sprint Race was held in Switzerland in 2005 in conjunction with the PostFinance-Sprint [1]. Shortly following this event the Sprint discipline was added to the program for Lithuania 2006. [edit] Host Towns/Cities | Year | Date | Place | | 1990 | 7-12 July |  Älvsbyn, Sweden | | 1991 | 7-13 July |  Berlin, Germany | | 1992 | 7-13 July |  Jyväskylä, Finland | | 1993 | 7-10 July |  Castelrotto, Italy | | 1994 | 12-16 July |  Gdynia, Poland | | 1995 | 9-12 July |  Horsens, Denmark | | 1996 | 8-14 July |  Govora, Romania | | 1997 | 7-13 July |  Leopoldsburg, Belgium | | 1998 | 13-18 July |  Reims, France | | 1999 | 5-11 July |  Varna, Bulgaria | | 2000 | 9-15 July |  Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic | | 2001 | 9-15 July |  Miskolc, Hungary | | 2002 | 7-14 July |  Alicante, Spain | | 2003 | 7-12 July |  Põlva, Estonia | | 2004 | 5-11 July | Gdansk, Poland | | 2005 | 11-16 July |  Tenero, Switzerland | | 2006 | 2-7 July |  Druskininkai, Lithuania | | 2007 | 7-15 July |  Dubbo, Australia | | 2008 | 30 June - 6 July | Göteborg, Sweden | | 2009 | 6 - 11 July | Primiero, Italy | | 2010 | ??? | Aalborg, Denmark | | 2011 | ??? | Wejherowo, Poland | [edit] Individual/Classic/Long This event was called "Classic distance" from 1991 to 2003, and since 2004 it is called "Long distance". [edit] Short/Middle distance This event was called "Short distance" from 1991 to 2003. Since 2004 it is called "Middle distance". | Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Notes | | 1991 | Janusz Porzycz | Mikko Lepo | Stefan Sandahl | 6.02 km, 14 cp, 48 participants | | 1992 | Mikko Lepo |  Bernt Bjørnsgaard | Joakim Carlson | 3.6 km, 10 controls | | 1993 | Vaclav Zakouril | Bernt Bjørnsgaard | Miko Lepo | | | 1994 | Jon Engkvist | Holger Hott Johansen | Tommi Toikko | 5.2 km, 12 controls | | 1995 | Domonyik Gábor | Tomas Zakouril |  Michael Mamleev | 4.675 km, 11 cp, 142 participants | | 1996 | Domonyik Gábor | Johan Modig | Horatio Grecu | | | 1997 | Jørgen Rostrup | Rikard Gunnarsson | Per Oberg | 5.0 km, 18 cp, 60 participants | | 1998 | Jørgen Rostrup | Rikard Gunnarsson | H. Peterson | | | 1999 | Jonne Lakanen | Sergey Detkov | Thierry Gueorgiou | 4.8 km, 14 controls | | 2000 | Michal Smola | Zbyněk Hora | Jaromír Švihovský | | | 2001 | Marius Bjugan | Jan Troeng | Michal Smola | 4.808 km, 13 controls | | 2002 | Erik Andersson | Tuomas Tervo | Jörgen Wickholm | 4.65 km, 14 controls | | 2003 | Matthias Merz | Tuomas Tervo | Aleksei Bortnik | 3.6 km, 11 controls | | 2004 | Audun Bjerkreim Nilsen | Matthias Merz | Simonas Krepsta | 4.61 km, 14 controls | | 2005 | Fabian Hertner | Philippe Adamski | Hannu Airila | 3.5 km, 17 controls | | 2006 | Jan Benes
Sören Bobach | | Olav Lundanes | 4.4 km | | 2007 | Olav Lundanes | Petter Eriksson | Martin Hubmann | 4.5 km, 22 controls | | 2008 | Johan Runesson | Ulf Forseth Indgaard | Sören Bobach | 4.1 km, 16 controls | | Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Notes | | 1991 | Kristin Liebich | Johanna Tiira | Karolina Arewång | 4.43 km, 11 controls 48 participants | | 1992 | Barbara Baczek | Riita Korpela | Elisabeth Ingvaldsen | 2.8 km, 8 controls 49 participants | | 1993 | Tenna Norgaard | Satu Mäkitammi | Liisa Anttila | 3.35 km, 12 controls | | 1994 | Synne Lea | Pia Olsson | Terhi Hyttinen | 3.9 km, 9 controls | | 1995 | Christina Gröndahl | Karin Schmalfeld | Iva Navratilova | 3.52 km, 10 controls, 101 participants | | 1996 | Enikõ Fey | Annika Björk | Julia Morozova | 3.79 km, 9 controls, 113 participants | | 1997 | Hanna Heiskanen | Katerina Miksova | Heli Jukkola | 4.2 km, 14 controls | | 1998 | Tatiana Pereliaeva | Astrid Fritschi | Hanna Heiskanen | | | 1999 | Regula Hulliger | Salla Sukki | Johanna Seppinen | 3.95 km, 14 controls | | 2000 | Camilla Berglund | Maria Bergkvist | Minna Kauppi | | | 2001 | Minna Kauppi | Ieva Sargautyte | Kajsa Nilsson | 3.903 km, 11 controls | | 2002 | Minna Kauppi | Indre Valaite | Martina Fritschy | 3.8 km, 13 controls | | 2003 | Laura Hokka | Signe Søes | Eveli Saue | 3.7 km, 12 controls | | 2004 | Helena Jansson | Radka Brožková | Anni-Maija Fincke | 4.13 km, 12 controls | | 2005 | Anna Persson | Heini Wennman | Hanny Allston | 3.0 km, 14 controls | | 2006 | Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen | Ulrika Uotila | Signe Klinting | 3.6 km, 14 controls | | 2007 | Jenny Lönnkvist | Ida Marie Bjørgul | Tatyana Mendel
Saila Kinni | 3.6 km, 21 controls | | 2008 | Venla Niemi | Beata Falk | Karine D`Harreville | 3.0 km, 12 controls | [edit] Sprint This event was first held in 2006  Olav Lundanes (2005/2007-ch)  Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen (2006-ch)  Jenny Lönnkvist (2008-ch)
The 2006 Junior World Champion in the long distance event for women is Johanna Allston (or Hanny Allston) of Australia. It is the first time in this event that a gold medal has been won by a non-European nation.
[edit] See also [edit] External links and references - ^ Galkina is nee of Galina Vinogradova.
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