Yvette Baker
Yvette Baker ( born Hague; * 1968 in the United States) is a former British orienteer. She was 1999 Short distance World Champion.
Yvette Hague was born in the United States in 1968. Your British parents later moved with her to England and New Zealand. In 1983 she won at Ján Kjellstrom Trophy. She was then nominated for the British national team came at the World Championships 1983 in Hungary in the British season, the seventh position, are used. In the following years, she managed to defend the place in the national team at the World Championships in West Point before she succeeded in 1993, the breakthrough. On the long distance they came behind Marita Skogum from Sweden and Annika Viilo from Finland to the bronze medal. At the 1995 World Championships in Detmold Germany they came in two individual events, behind Marie- Luce Romanens from Switzerland and Katalin Oláh from Hungary to second place. 1999 found the world championships in Scotland and Baker won this race over the short distance. On the long distance they missed as well as with the British squadron just a medal. The next year saw the first for over thirty years back European Championships in Orienteering instead. In the competitions in Ukraine, she won over the long distance and with the season two bronze medals.
She won the British Championships in the sprint in 1998 and 1999. On the Long Distance 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1998 and 1999 and in 1992 in the night orienteering.