Marita Skogum

Marita Skogum (born 3 January 1961) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She won the 1989 Individual World Orienteering Championships, as well as the 1993 Classic distance.[1] She also obtained silver in the Individual course in 1983, and silver in the Short distance in 1993. She is four times Relay World Champion, from 1983, 1989, 1991 and 1993, as a member of the Swedish winning teams, and has a silver medal from 1987.

Marita Skogum
Medal record
Women's orienteering
Representing  Sweden
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1983 Zalaegerszeg Relay
Gold medal – first place 1989 Skövde Individual
Gold medal – first place 1989 Skövde Relay
Gold medal – first place 1991 Marianske Lazne Relay
Gold medal – first place 1993 West Point Classic
Gold medal – first place 1993 West Point Relay
Silver medal – second place 1983 Zalaegerszeg Individual
Silver medal – second place 1987 Gérardmer Relay
Silver medal – second place 1993 West Point Short
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Marianske Lazne Short
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1992 WC Overall

Skogum has been coach for the Swedish Women's National Team from 2001, and was nominated for "Swedish Trainer of the Year 2004". She has been coach for the Men's National Team from 2006.[2][3]

References
  1. World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 2011-08-23 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on November 21, 2007)
  2. "Marita Skogum ny förbundskapten - både för herrar och damer" – Svenska Orienteringsförbundet (2006-12-07) (in Swedish)(Retrieved on January 3, 2008)
  3. "Marita Skogum kapten även för herrarna" – Radiosporten (tisdag 5 december 2006) (in Swedish)(Retrieved on January 3, 2008)


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.