World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships

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

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.

Host towns and cities

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

Men

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

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

Men

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

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

Men

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

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

Men

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

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

Men

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

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

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