World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships

The World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships is the official event for awarding World Champion titles in mountain bike orienteering. The World Championships, also known as WMTBOC, were first held in 2002, and since 2004 they have been organized annually – except in 2020.[1] The programme includes Long distance, Middle distance, Sprint, Mass Start (unofficial in 2016 and official from 2017), and a Relay for both men and women.

World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships
Statusactive
Genresports competition
Date(s)July–August
Frequencyannual
Location(s)various
Inaugurated2002 (2002)
Organised byIOF

Host towns and cities

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Below is a list of towns and cities that have hosted World Championships in mountain bike orienteering. Year, date, place and number of participating countries are shown.

Year Date Place # Countries Notes
2002 1–6 July   Fontainebleau, France 29 [2]
2004 19–23 October   Ballarat, Australia 26 [3]
2005 5–11 September   Banská Bystrica, Slovakia 26 [4]
2006 (in conjunction with TrailO WTOC 2006) 9–13 July   Joensuu, Finland 25 [5]
2007 5–12 August   Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic 22 [6]
2008 24–31 August   Ostróda, Poland 26 [7]
2009 9–16 August   Ben Shemen, Israel 20 [8]
2010 11–17 July   Montalegre, Portugal 25 [9]
2011 20–28 August   Vicenza, Italy 27 [10]
2012 20–25 August   Veszprém, Hungary 30 [11]
2013 26–31 August   Rakvere, Estonia 26 [12]
2014 24–31 August   Białystok, Poland 27 [13]
2015 14–23 August   Liberec, Czech Republic 28 [14]
2016 24–30 July   Águeda, Portugal 22 [15]
2017 19–27 August   Vilnius, Lithuania 23 [16]
2018 5–12 August   Zwettl, Austria 27 [17]
2019 28 July–3 August   Viborg, Denmark 24 [18]
2020 17–22 August*   Jeseník, Czech Republic cancelled
2021 10–18 June   Kuortane, Finland 16 [19]
2022 15–20 July   Falun, Sweden 25 [20]

Long distance

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Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2002   Jussi Mäkilä   Jérémie Gillmann   Alain Berger
2004   Alain Berger   Mika Tervala   Adrian Jackson
2005   Ruslan Gritsan   Victor Korchagin   Adrian Jackson
2006   Mika Tervala   Ruslan Gritsan   Matti Keskinarkaus
2007   Ruslan Gritsan   Lasse Brun Pedersen   Jaroslav Rygl
2008   Ruslan Gritsan   Torbjørn Gasbjerg   Beat Okle
2009   Adrian Jackson   Ruslan Gritsan   Matthieu Barthelemy
2010   Anton Foliforov   Adrian Jackson   Erik Skovgaard Knudsen
2011   Samuli Saarela   Erik Skovgaard Knudsen   Ruslan Gritsan
2012   Ruslan Gritsan   Juho Saarinen   Samuel Pokala Length 29.3 km, Climb 310m, 29 controls
2013   Kryštof Bogar   Samuli Saarela   Anton Foliforov Length 34.9 km, Climb 405m, 32 controls
2014   Anton Foliforov   Baptiste Fuchs   Jiří Hradil
2015   Anton Foliforov   Jussi Laurila   Luca Dallavalle
2016   Anton Foliforov   Kryštof Bogar   Davide Machado
2017   Rasmus Soegaard   Jiří Hradil   Anton Foliforov
2018   Kryštof Bogar   Simon Braendli   Anton Foliforov
2019   Ruslan Gritsan   Baptiste Fuchs   Anton Foliforov
2021   Andre Haga   Pekka Niemi   Simon Braendli

Women

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Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2002   Päivi Tommola   Emily Viner   Antje Bornhak
2004   Anke Dannowski   Päivi Tommola   Antje Bornhak
2005   Päivi Tommola   Antje Bornhak   Anke Dannowski
2006   Christine Schaffner   Ksenia Chernykh   Ingrid Stengård
2007   Michaela Gigon   Ksenia Chernykh   Christine Schaffner
2008   Christine Schaffner   Marika Hara   Line Pedersen
2009   Christine Schaffner   Sonja Zinkl   Hana Bajtošová
2010   Christine Schaffner   Ksenia Chernykh   Marika Hara
2011   Rikke Kornvig   Ingrid Stengard   Laura Scaravonati
2012   Susanna Laurila   Ksenia Chernykh   Marika Hara Length 21.5 km, Climb 250m, 24 controls
2013   Marika Hara   Susanna Laurila   Cecilia Thomasson Length 26.0 km, Climb 265m, 27 controls
2014   Olga Vinogradova   Svetlana Poverina   Camilla Soegaard
2015   Martina Tichovská   Svetlana Poverina   Cecilia Thomasson
2016   Emily Benham   Gaëlle Barlet   Maja Rothweiler
2017   Emily Benham   Martina Tichovská   Olga Vinogradova
2018   Martina Tichovská   Antonia Haga   Svetlana Poverina
2019   Emily Benham Kvale   Veronika Kubínová   Gabriele Andrasiuniene
2021   Camilla Soegaard   Veronika Kubínová   Marika Hara

Middle distance

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Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2004   Adrian Jackson   Alain Berger   Victor Korchagin
2005   Ruslan Gritsan   Jaroslav Rygl   Mika Tervala
2006   Tuomo Tompuri   Mika Tervala   Ruslan Gritsan
2007   Mika Tervala   Jérémie Gillmann   Lubomír Tomeček
2008   Adrian Jackson   Søren Strunge   Lubomír Tomeček
2009   Torbjørn Gasbjerg   Jiří Hradil   Lasse Brun Pedersen Length: 20.4 km, Climb: 355 m, 19 controls
2010   Samuli Saarela   Adrian Jackson   Luca Dallavalle
2011   Samuli Saarela   Ruslan Gritsan   Tobias Breitschadel
2012   Samuli Saarela   Anton Foliforov   Samuel Pökälä Length 14.4 km, Climb 240m, 21 controls
2013   Tõnis Erm   Anton Foliforov   Samuli Saarela Length 15.6 km, Climb 290m, 24 controls
2014   Ruslan Gritsan   Jiří Hradil   Anton Foliforov
2015   Anton Foliforov   Luca Dallavalle   Marek Pospíšek
2016   Anton Foliforov   Vojtěch Ludvík   Ruslan Gritsan
2017   Kryštof Bogar   Anton Foliforov   Valeriy Gluhov
2018   Simon Braendli   Baptiste Fuchs   Grigory Medvedev
2019   Vojtěch Ludvík   Anton Foliforov   Grigory Medvedev
2021   Samuel Pokala   Simon Braendli   Kryštof Bogar

Women

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Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2004   Michaela Gigon   Laure Coupat
  Belinda Allison
2005   Michaela Gigon   Christine Schaffner   Ramune Arlauskiene
2006   Michaela Gigon   Hana Bajtošová   Ingrid Stengård
2007   Ksenia Chernykh   Hana Bajtošová   Markéta Jirásková
2008   Ksenia Chernykh   Michaela Gigon   Päivi Tommola
2009   Marika Hara   Michaela Gigon   Christine Schaffner Length: 15.6 km, Climb: 225 m, 15 controls
2010   Michaela Gigon   Rikke Kornvig   Marika Hara
2011   Michaela Gigon   Anna Kaminska   Rikke Kornvig
2012   Ursina Jäggi   Ingrid Stengard   Nina Hoffmann Length 11.7 km, Climb 205m, 17 controls
2013   Marika Hara   Emily Benham   Susanna Laurila Length 11.3 km, Climb 200m, 18 controls
2014   Cecilia Thomasson   Emily Benham   Marika Hara
2015   Gaelle Barlet   Martina Tichovská   Emily Benham
2016   Olga Vinogradova   Emily Benham   Camilla Soegaard
2017   Olga Vinogradova   Martina Tichovská   Emily Benham
2018   Olga Vinogradova   Martina Tichovská   Veronika Kubinova
2019   Emily Benham Kvale   Veronika Kubínová   Marika Hara
2021   Svetlana Foliforova*   Martina Tichovská   Marika Hara *Neutral athlete, born in Russia

Sprint

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Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2002   Mika Tervala   Alain Berger   Jérémie Gillmann
2007   Torbjørn Gasbjerg   Jérémie Gillmann   Anton Foliforov
2008   Lasse Brun Pedersen   Jiří Hradil   Tõnis Erm
2009   Adrian Jackson   Lasse Brun Pedersen   Ruslan Gritsan
2010   Adrian Jackson   Tõnis Erm   Anton Foliforov
2011   Anton Foliforov   Jiří Hradil   Erik Skovgaard Knudsen
2012   Tobias Breitschädel   Marek Pospíšek   Ruslan Gritsan Length 6.9 km, Climb 135m, 20 controls
2013   Tõnis Erm   Lauri Malsroos   Kryštof Bogar Length 6.1 km, Climb 55m, 22 controls
2014   Hans Jorgen Kvale
  Anton Foliforov
  Grigory Medvedev
2015   Luca Dallavalle   Vojtěch Stránský   Lauri Malsroos
2016   Anton Foliforov   Luca Dallavalle   Cedric Beill
2017   Grigory Medvedev   Jussi Laurila   Lauri Malsroos
2018   Anton Foliforov   Grigory Medvedev   Kryštof Bogar
2019   Grigory Medvedev   Anton Foliforov   Yoann Courtois
2021   Kryštof Bogar   Simon Braendli   Valeriy Glukhov* *Neutral athlete from Russia

Women

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Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2002   Laure Coupat   Mervi Väisänen   Antje Bornhak
2007   Ksenia Chernykh   Michaela Gigon   Hana Bajtošová
2008   Hana Bajtošová   Michaela Gigon   Martina Tichovská
2009   Hana Bajtošová   Marika Hara   Michaela Gigon
2010   Anna Kaminska   Christine Schaffner   Martina Tichovská
2011   Gaelle Barlet   Marika Hara   Michaela Gigon
2012   Christine Schaffner   Emily Benham   Anna Kaminska Length 5.1 km, Climb 105m, 17 controls
2013   Cecilia Thomasson   Eeva-Liisa Hakala   Tatiana Repina Length 5.7 km, Climb 50m, 21 controls
2014   Marika Hara   Tatiana Repina   Emily Benham
2015   Martina Tichovská   Svetlana Poverina   Cecilia Thomasson
2016   Emily Benham   Marika Hara   Henna Saarinen
2017   Marika Hara   Emily Benham   Olga Vinogradova
2018   Henna Saarinen   Martina Tichovská
  Camilla Soegaard
2019   Emily Benham Kvale   Veronika Kubínová   Clare Dallimore
2021   Marika Hara   Svetlana Foliforova*   Anna Tiderman *Neutral athlete from Russia

Mass Start

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Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2017   Luca Dallavalle   Ruslan Gritsan   Simon Braendli
2018   Jussi Laurila   Davide Machado   Kevin Haselsberger
2019   Jiří Hradil   Kryštof Bogar   Vojtěch Stránský
2021   Samuel Pokala   Jiří Hradil   Anton Foliforov* *Neutral athlete from Russia

Women

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Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2017   Emily Benham   Olga Vinogradova   Gaëlle Barlet
2018   Camilla Soegaard   Martina Tichovská   Sonja Zinkl
2019   Emily Benham Kvale   Camilla Soegaard   Anastasiya Svir
2021   Svetlana Foliforova*   Mervi Pesu   Martina Tichovská *Neutral athlete from Russia

Relay

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Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2002   France   Czech Republic   Finland
2004   Finland   Czech Republic   Australia
2005   Finland   France   Switzerland
2006   Finland   Russia   Switzerland
2007   France   Czech Republic   Denmark
2008   Denmark   Russia   Czech Republic
2009   Russia   Czech Republic   Finland
2010   Russia   Denmark   Czech Republic
2011   Denmark   Czech Republic   Finland
2012   Finland   Russia   Austria
2013   Czech Republic   Finland   Estonia
2014   Estonia   Finland   France
2015   Austria   Russia   Finland
2016   Czech Republic   Russia   France
2017   Czech Republic   Finland   Russia
2018   Russia   Sweden   Czech Republic
2019   Russia   Czech Republic   Finland
2021   Finland   Neutral*   Switzerland *Neutral team from Russia

Women

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Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2002   Finland   France   Czech Republic
2004   Finland   Austria   Australia
2005   Germany   Czech Republic   France
2006   Russia   Finland   Czech Republic
2007   Finland   Russia   Austria
2008   Finland   Russia   Austria
2009   Austria   Switzerland   Russia
2010   Denmark   Finland   Czech Republic
2011   Switzerland   Lituania   Slovakia
2012   Finland   Switzerland   Slovakia
2013   Finland   Denmark   Switzerland
2014   Russia   Finland   Czech Republic
2015   Finland   Russia   Czech Republic
2016   Finland   Russia   Czech Republic
2017   Finland   France   Russia
2018   Czech Republic   Russia   Finland
2019   Russia   Finland   Sweden
2021   Denmark   Finland   Neutral* *Neutral team from Russia

References

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