IFK_Södertälje

Södertälje-Nykvarn orientering

Södertälje-Nykvarn orientering

Swedish orienteering club

Södertälje-Nykvarn orientering is a Swedish orienteering club in Södertälje. Its activities are based in Tveta by the lake Måsnaren, just west to the town.[1]

History

It started in 1999 by merging the orienteering activities of three sports clubs: IFK Södertälje, Södertälje IF och Oxvretens SK. In 2011 it became an independent association.[1]

IFK Södertälje

This club got a fourth place in Tiomila in 1966. [2]

It won the Tiomila relay in 1986, 1992, 1993 and 1996.[3]

It won the women's relay in Tiomila in 1989[4]

Södertälje IF

This club won Tiomila in 1961 and come second in 1966.[2][3]

Södertälje-Nykvarn orientering

As a merged club, it won the Tiomila relay in 2005 and in 2016.[3] In 2005 Petr Losman managed to pass Tore Sandvik from Halden SK on the arena. [5] In 2016 Andreu Blanes Reig got the lead on the fourth leg, which the kept until the ninth leg. Finally Jonas Leandersson managed to win with a margin of one meter.[6]

Leandersson won three World Championships (sprint, relay and sprint relay)[7] [8] as well as the Swedish Championships in sprint in 2018.[9]

Other runners in the club are Michael Wehlin, Panu Piiparinen [fi], Ivar Lundanes [no], Jon-Are Myhren [no] and Matthias Gilgien [fr] and Katarina Borg.

References

  1. [1]
    "Om SNO". Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Ulricehamns OK femma i Tiomila". Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning: 16. 1966-05-09.
  3. [3]
    "Herrar". svenskorientering. Svenska orienteringsförbundet. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Damer". svenskorientering. Svenska orienteringsförbundet. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  5. [5]
    Nilsson, Kjell (2005-04-25). "Södertälje vann Tiomila". Dagens Nyheter. 3: 23. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Spurtade till segern på Lugnet". Göteborgsposten. 2: 13. 2016-05-16.
  7. [7]
    Hjorter, David (2018-08-03). "Han har VM-laddat i källare". Enköpingsposten. 1: 24.
  8. [8]
    "Världsmästare slutar i blågult". Laholms Tidning. 1: 13. 2018-10-20. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  9. [9]
    "Orientering". Örnsköldsviks Allehanda. 1: 26. 2018-06-04. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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