Arja Hannus

Arja Hannu ( born January 30, 1960 in Ånge ) is a former Swedish orientation and ski orienteer. In both sports, she became world champion.

Career

Hannu was in 1976 Swedish National Champion in the night - orienteering and collected around 1980 three more national titles. In 1981 she participated in the World Championships in Thun, Switzerland and has been with Barbro Lönnkvist, Karin Rabe and Annichen Kringstad Season World Champion. In early 1982, they went on the ski - orienteering World Championships in Aigen in the Enns Valley at the start. Both the individual before the Finns Mirja Puhakka and Sirpa Kukkonen and in the season with Ulla Klingström and Susanne Lindgren, she won gold. In the next four World Championships, she also won four silver and two bronze medals. Also in World Orienteering Championships without skis, they left out twice after 1981, is a successes. 1987 French Gerardmer she won the individual competition in the ladies and has been with the squadron vice world champion. 1989 and 1991 she won the world title in the relay. Also in Ski Orienteering found her career in the early 1990s, a new peak. 1992 in France, she became world champion in the sprint, and the relay anchor leg with Ann -Charlotte Carlsson and Annika Zell. After that, she finished her career as a top athlete first, but returned to the World Championships in 1998 and finished it in two individual races to fourth place and with the relay second place. In their last ski World Orienteering Championships 2000 in the Russian Krasnoyarsk Hannu was already 40 years old. In the long distance, it referred the Finnish Liisa Anttila still scarce on the second place and thus won their fifth World Cup title in ski orienteering.

Arja Hannu ran throughout her career for the clubs Kovlands IF, IFK Södertälje and Domnarvets GoIF. With Södertälje she won the 1991 Venla. In the same year she also won the O-rings.

Placements

Orienteering

World Championships:

Nordic Championships:

Swedish Championships:

  • Swed. Champion Long Distance 1978
  • Swed. Champion Ultra Long Distance 1991
  • Swed. Champion Night Run 1976, 1979 and 1981
  • Swed. Champion Season 1990, 1991 and 1997

Ski Orienteering

World Championships:

Overall World Cup:

Swedish Championships:

Ski-orienteering Aigen im Ennstal O-Ringen
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