Simona Aebersold

Simona Aebersold (born 13 April 1998)[1] is a Swiss orienteering competitor. She is the daughter of Christian Aebersold, who won the World Orienteering Championships 3 times.[2]

Simona Aebersold
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (1998-04-13) April 13, 1998
Bern, Switzerland
Sport
SportOrienteering
Medal record
Women's orienteering
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Grisons Long
Silver medal – second place 2022 Triangle Region Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2021 Doksy Relay
Silver medal – second place 2019 Østfold Middle
Silver medal – second place 2019 Østfold Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Doksy Sprint Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Doksy Middle
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Doksy Long
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Østfold Long
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2021 WC Overall
Silver medal – second place 2019 WC Overall
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Relay
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Individual
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Sprint
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Neuchâtel Sprint Relay
Silver medal – second place 2021 Neuchâtel Knock-out sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Neuchâtel Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Ticino Middle
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kecskemet Long
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kecskemet Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tampere Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tampere Middle
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tampere Long
Gold medal – first place 2016 Engadin Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2016 Engadin Middle
Gold medal – first place 2016 Engadin Relay
Gold medal – first place 2015 Rauland Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2017 Tampere Relay
Silver medal – second place 2015 Rauland Relay

Career

Aebersold dominated the Junior World Championships between 2015 and 2018, achieving her first gold medal at the age of 17 in the Sprint distance. She won every Junior World sprint event for the next four years, as well as medalling in three relay events, with two silvers and one gold.

In 2017, Aebersold won all 3 individual golds and a further medal in the relay, matching the feat achieved the same year by Finnish runner Olli Ojanaho in the men's class.[3]

At the start of 2018, Aebersold won her first medal at a senior level in the European Championships, despite still being a junior and eligible to compete at the Junior World Championships. She won the Bronze in the Middle behind Swedish world champion Tove Alexandersson and Marika Teini from Finland.[4]

In 2019, at her first World Orienteering Championships appearance, Aebersold won the bronze medal in the long distance after Alexandersson and Lina Strand. She also won second place in the middle distance race, 5 seconds behind Alexandersson.

In 2021, Aebersold came second in the World Cup, the same position she attained in 2019. On the last race, a middle distance event in Cansiglio, Italy, she came second behind Alexandersson by only 23 seconds- a win would have guaranteed Aebersold the overall World Cup title, with her score only being 25 points behind Alexandersson at the end of the season.[5]

Aebersold signed for Swedish club IFK Göteborg in 2022.[6]

References
  1. "IOF Eventor: Simona Aebersold". eventor.orienteering.org.
  2. "JWOC 2016 - in brief: Simona Aebersold, Junior World Champion Sprint (SUI)".
  3. "JWOC 2017 Long: Maps and Results". worldofo.com.
  4. "- IOF World Ranking". ranking.orienteering.org.
  5. "MIDDLE | International Orienteering Federation".
  6. Sundström, Karl (2 January 2022). "Här är idrotten där IFK Göteborg vill bli bäst i världen". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 April 2022.
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