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 Orienteering has been an organised sport in Switzerland since back in the 1930s, although the Swiss Orienteering Federation was not launched until 1978. Prior to that, orienteering was classed as a sub-group of various other national sports associations. Today, in its capacity as a national federation, Swiss Orienteering is in charge of foot orienteering, as well as bike and ski orienteering. It comprises:
Since the beginning of the eighties, the Swiss elite has regularly been represented among the medal winners but, during the last five years in particular, the 14 times world champion Simone Niggli has initiated a real boom. Her exceptional tally of 29 world and European championship medals and being voted Swiss Sportswoman of the Year three times (2003, 2005 and 2007) has led to higher levels of interest in the sport of orienteering in Switzerland.This has also been helped along by the 2003 world championships in Rapperswil, where Simone Niggli carried off four gold medals. This second round of competitions in Switzerland for the world title in orienteering – the first had been held in Thun in 1981 – was also particularly memorable for its atmosphere, as a showcase for orienteering and for the public attendance. More recently, however, the men’s team is pushing increasingly into the spotlight with Marc Lauenstein, Daniel Hubmann and, of course, the world champion Matthias Merz. It is not simply the tally of over 110 international medals that make Swiss Orienteering one of Switzerland’s most successful sport federations. Swiss Orienteering has also set new standards in the promotion of new talent with its sCOOL orienteering project for schools. When launched prior to the 2003 world championships, the sCOOL project proved to be very successful in nurturing fresh talent. On 23 May 2003, 207,979 schoolchildren took part in an orienteering race, which was entered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest one-day sporting event ever. 
Since then, the activities of sCOOL have been developed further and the sponsoring concept has been refined. Every year over 20,000 children and young people come into contact with orienteering, whether during a half-day of orienteering in school, in an educational highlights week, at a cantonal competition or during an activity camp week.Although Switzerland is represented at the highest level in the elite sport and commands great international respect in the organisation of competitions, the majority of the federations’ activities are still based on the commitment of volunteers. It is only thanks to a multitude of proactive and dedicated workers that it was even possible for Switzerland to stage such exceptional events as the Swiss O Week 2006 and organise the ski orienteering European championships in January 2008, and to offer itself as host for the senior world championships in summer 2010. |
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WOC Lausanne 2012 Championnats du Monde de Course d’Orientation Lausanne 2012 En Prassy CH-1682 Lovatens info@woc2012.ch Federation: Swiss Orienteering Head Office Krummackerweg 9 CH-4600 Olten Phone +41 62 287 30 40 info@swiss-orienteering.ch www.swiss-orienteering.ch |
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