Sandy Hott

Sandy Hott (née Alexandra Smith; born 1974) is a Canadian physician and orienteering competitor. During her active career, she became North American and Canadian Champion, and represented Canada in 22 events at nine World Orienteering Championships between 1997 and 2010.[1] As of 2009, she was the highest placed competitor ever from the North American continent at the World Orienteering Championships.[2]

Sandy Hott
Sandy Hott at WOC 2010
Personal information
Birth nameAlexandra Smith
NationalityCanadian
Born1974 (age 48–49)
Spouse(s)Holger Hott
Sport
SportOrienteering
Club
  • Falcon OC
  • Kristiansand OK
Achievements and titles
World finals1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 2010

Personal life

Sandy Smith grew up in New Brunswick as the daughter of psychiatrist Edwin Smith and emergency medicine physician Luella Smith.[3] Her brothers Wil and Mike, and sisters Heather and Victoria have all represented the Canadian team at the World Championships.[2] She studied medicine at Dalhousie University,[3] and later moved to Kristiansand, Norway where she worked as a physician.[1] She is married to Norwegian orienteer Holger Hott, and their son was born in June 2007.[1]

Orienteering career

Sandy Hott represents the Canadian club Falcon OC, and the Norwegian club Kristiansand OK,[1] and former Bækkelagets SK. She has been North American and Canadian champion,[3] becoming Canadian Champion in the short distance in 1996, and in the classic distance in 1998 and 2000, and North American Champion in 1998.[4] She competed for Canada at all seven World Orienteering Championships from 1997 to 2006.[2][5] Her best placement at the World Championships was in Japan in 2005, when she placed ninth in the middle distance.[6] This result was the best ever placement at the World Orienteering Championships by a person from the North American continent.[2] In 2007, she gave birth to a son, and in Olomouc in 2008 she again represented Canada at the World Championships, being in the finals of both the long and middle distances.[7] In 2008 in addition to Sandy also her two brothers Wil and Mike, as well as her two sisters Heather and Victoria, all participated at the World Championships.[7] Hott also participated on the Canadian relay team at the 2010 World Orienteering Championships in Trondheim.[8]

References
  1. "Profile: Sandy Hott". World of O Runners. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  2. "Canadian participation at the World Orienteering Championships". Canadian Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  3. "PEOPLE PROFILE. The Smith Family". Dalhousie University. Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  4. "Athlete profiles. Sandy Hott Johansen" (PDF). Orienteering Canada. Orleans, Ontario: Canadian Orienteering Federation. 29 (4): 15. 2001. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  5. "WOC 1997 NOR. Grimstad, Norway, 11–16 August 1997". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  6. "WOC 2005 JPN. Aichi, Japan, 9–15 August 2005". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  7. "World Orienteering Championships 2008". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  8. "World Orienteering Championships 2010". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
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