Kainuu Orienteering Week

Kainuu Orienteering Week (KOW) is an annual Finnish, international, orienteering event. Kainuu Orienteering Week is organized by Kainuun Rastiviikko Association. Measured by the number of participants, Kainuu Orienteering Week is one of the top-15 sports events in Finland and it is also one of the main events of The Finnish Orienteering Federation.[1]

Kainuu Orienteering Week
SportOrienteering
Founded1967
Official websitewww.rastiviikko.fi

Kainuu Orienteering Week is the second oldest orienteering week in the world and the first event was arranged in 1966. Since then the event has been held every year, except 1974. The event attracted 315 orienteers in the first year and the participant record is from 2007 when there were 4,884 orienteers in Kainuu Orinteering Week.[2] In 2011 the first city orienteering sprint, organised through the KOW, was run.[3]

Statistics
Year Participants H21 E Winner D21 E Winner
1966315 Finland Veijo Tahvanainen Finland Raila Huovi
1967425 Finland Otto Eronen Finland Eine Laine
1968630 Finland Veikko Kostiainen Finland Eine Laine
1969712 Finland Veikko Kostiainen Finland Eine Laine
1970808 Finland Matti Kattilakoski Finland Kaarina Karsi
1971766 Finland Veikko Kostiainen Finland Eeva Lahtonen
1972834 Finland Veikko Kostiainen Finland Aila Flöjt
1973988 Finland Erkki Oikarinen Finland Eine Laine
19751 247 Finland Veikko Koistinen Finland Aila Flöjt
19761 333 Finland Seppo Keskinarkaus Finland Sinikka Kukkonen
19771 321 Finland Veijo Parviainen Finland Sirkka Ketola
19781 692 Finland Esa Turunen Finland Sinikka Kukkonen
19792 081 Finland Seppo Keskinarkaus Finland Liisa Veijalainen
19802 167 Finland Heikki Peltola Finland Kaija Dahlman
19812 155 Finland Simo Nurminen Finland Liisa Veijalainen
19822 185 Finland Jorma Karvonen Finland Annariitta Lonka
19832 602 Finland Raimo Tolonen Finland Pirjo Mattila
19842 325 Sweden Erik Svensson Sweden Annichen Kringstad-Svensson
19852 630 Finland Taisto Kemppainen Norway Brit Volden
19863 930 Finland Keijo Parkkinen Finland Annariitta Kottonen
19873 660 Finland Keijo Parkkinen Finland Tellervo Parviainen
19884 163 Finland Reijo Mattinen Finland Annika Viilo
19893 034 Finland Keijo Parkkinen Finland Teresa Mäki-Kamppi
19904 020 Finland Matti Karvonen Finland Riitta Karjalainen
19914 552 Finland Jarmo Reiman Finland Ulla Mänttäri
19923 884 Latvia Aigars Leiboms Czech Republic Jana Cierslarová
19933 853 Finland Timo Karppinen Finland Marja-Liisa Portin
19943 130 Finland Timo Karppinen Finland Kirsi Tiira
19953 103 Finland Timo Karppinen Finland Kirsi Tiira
19964 055 Finland Timo Karppinen Finland Kirsi Tiira
19973 013 Finland Timo Karppinen Finland Johanna Asklöf
19983 102 Finland Jani Lakanen Finland Anniina Paronen
19992 542 Finland Timo Karppinen Finland Johanna Asklöf
20002 593 Finland Kenneth Cederberg Finland Liisa Anttila
20012 872 Australia Troy de Haas Finland Paula Haapakoski
20022 500 Finland Simo Martomaa Finland Salla Sukki
20033 800 Finland Jani Lakanen Finland Minna Kauppi
20043 239 Finland Kim Fagerudd Finland Salla Sukki
20053 780 Russia Valentin Novikov Russia Julia Novikova
20063 074 Finland Jani Lakanen Finland Heli Jukkola
20074 884 Finland Pasi Ikonen Finland Heli Jukkola
20083 503 Finland Jonne Lakanen Finland Sofia Haajanen
20093 312 Finland Jonne Lakanen Finland Anne-Mari Leskinen
20103 652 Finland Pasi Ikonen Finland Minna Kauppi
20113 354[4] Sweden Fredrik Johansson Latvia Inga Dambe
2012Kajaani Finland Jani Lakanen Finland Karoliina Sundberg
2013Vuokatti
2015Suomussalmi

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See also

Notes
  1. "Overall information". Archived from the original on 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
  2. "History". Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2011-11-24.
  3. "Yle Arena". Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  4. "KOW Kuhmo 2011". Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
  5. Kainuu Orienteering Week guide 2011 p. 73-74
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