Olavi Svanberg

Medal record
Competitor for  Finland
Men's ski orienteering
World Championships
Gold	1975 Hyvinkää	Individual
Gold	1975 Hyvinkää	Relay
Gold	1982 Aigen	Individual
Silver	1980 Avesta	Relay
Bronze	1982 Aigen	Relay

Olavi Svanberg (December 10, 1941, Sysmä, Finland – August 25, 2002, Lake Ladoga, Russia) was a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor and world champion.^[1] He received an individual gold medal at the first World Ski Orienteering Championships in Hyvinkää in 1975, and also won the first gold medal in the relay event with the Finnish team (Pekka Pökälä, Heimo Taskinen, Jorma Karvonen and Olavi Svanberg).^[2] He was again world champion in 1982 in Aigen.

See also

• Finnish orienteers
• List of orienteers
• List of orienteering events

References

1. ^ "Olavi Svanberg katosi Laatokalla" (in Finnish). Kaleva. 2002-08-27. http://www.kaleva.fi/uutiset/olavi-svanberg-katosi-laatokalla/249908. Retrieved 27 October 2011. 
2. ^ World Ski Orienteering Championships – International Orienteering Federation (Retrieved on 27 October 2008)

Persondata
Name	Svanberg, Olavi
Alternative names
Short description	Ski-orienteer
Date of birth	December 10, 1941
Place of birth	Sysmä, Finland
Date of death	August 25, 2002
Place of death	Lake Ladoga, Russia