Pasi Ikonen (30 June 1980 – 3 August 2024) was a Finnish orienteering competitor, winner of the middle distance at the 2001 World Orienteering Championships.
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| Nationality | Finnish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 June 1980 Vihanti, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 August 2024 (aged 44) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Orienteering | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editJunior years
editCompeting at the Junior World Orienteering Championships, Ikonen helped Finland win medals in the relay in 1998, 1999, and 2000, as well as winning an individual silver medal in the long distance in 2000.
2001
editIkonen won a gold medal in the short distance (later called middle distance) at the 2001 World Orienteering Championships in Tampere, ahead of Tore Sandvik and Jørgen Rostrup.[1][2] He won a silver medal on the sprint distance in the same championships.[1]
2003
editCompeting at the 2003 World Orienteering Championships, Ikonen placed fourth in the middle distance, and nineteenth in the sprint.[3]
2006
editAt the 2006 World Orienteering Championships in Aarhus, Ikonen placed eighth in the sprint, and seventeenth in the middle distance.[4]
2007
editIkonen won a bronze medal in the relay at the 2007 World Orienteering Championships in Kyiv, with the Finnish team.[5]
2009
editCompeting at the 2009 World Games, Ikonen won a silver medal in the mixed relay with the Finnish team, along with Bodil Holmström, Tero Föhr and Minna Kauppi.[6] He placed eleventh in the sprint distance at the 2009 World Games.[7]
2011
editIkonen won a silver medal in the long distance at the 2011 World Orienteering Championships in France.[8]
Personal life and death
editIkonen was born in Vihanti on 30 June 1980.[9] He was was previously in a cohabiting relationship with fellow orienteer Minna Kauppi.[10] He was diagnosed with a brain tumour around 2017, and died on 3 August 2024, at the age of 44.[11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "World Orienteering Championships 2001". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 14 December 2007)
- ^ "World Orienteering Championships 2003". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "World Orienteering Championships 2006". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "World Orienteering Championships 2007". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "The World Games 2009 Kaohsiung. Mixed relay" (PDF). theworldgames.org. 19 July 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "The World Games 2009". old.orienteering.sport. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "World Orienteering Championships 2011". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Pasi Ikonen". Park World Tour. Archived from the original on 21 December 2005.
- ^ Vanhatalo, Nina (16 October 2015). "Kaikkien aikojen suomalaissuunnistaja – Minna Kaupin menestystekijät". yle.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ Simonsen, Mattias (3 August 2024). "Tidigare orienteringsvärldsmästaren Pasi Ikonen är död". svenska.yle.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
External links
edit- Pasi Ikonen at World of O
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