Jonas Leandersson

Jonas Leandersson (born 22 January 1990) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. He won a gold medal in the sprint at the 2012 European Orienteering Championships in Falun. Gold at the 2014 European Orienteering Championships in relay and gold at the 2014 World Orienteering Championships relay competing with the same relay team.

Jonas Leandersson
Leandersson at JWOC 2010
Personal information
Born (1990-01-22) 22 January 1990
Sport
SportOrienteering
Club
  • Södertälje-Nykvarn Orientering
Medal record
Men's orienteering
Representing  Sweden
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Trentino–Veneto Relay
Gold medal – first place 2015 Inverness Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tartu Sprint relay
Gold medal – first place 2018 Riga Mixed sprint relay
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Lausanne Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Vuokatti Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Strömstad Mixed sprint relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Falun Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2012 Falun Relay

He competed at the 2012 World Orienteering Championships. In the sprint competition he qualified for the final, where he placed 15th.[1] At the 2018 World Orienteering Championships in Latvia he won a gold medal in the mixed sprint relay, together with Karolin Ohlsson, Emil Svensk and Tove Alexandersson.[2]

Results

World Championship results
Year
Age Long Middle Sprint Relay Sprint
Relay
201222——153—
201323——3——
201424——614
201525DSQ—175
201626——5—3
201727——5—1
201828—291991

World Cup victories
No.DateVenueDistance
1.19 May 2012Sweden FalunSprint (EOC)
2.7 September 2012Finland VuokattiSprint
3.13 April 2014Portugal PalmelaSprint (EOC)
4.11 June 2014Finland ImatraSprint
5.2 August 2015Scotland ForresSprint (WOC)
6.16 October 2016Switzerland AarauSprint
7.7 October 2018Czech Republic PragueSprint

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jonas Leandersson.
  1. "World Orienteering Championships 2012, Lausanne, Switzerland. Sprint Final Men – Final results" (PDF). woc2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  2. "World Orienteering Championships 2018 Sprint Relay" (PDF). woc2018.lv. Retrieved 5 August 2018.


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