Martin Regborn Explained

Martin Regborn
Birth Date:10 December 1992
Sport:Orienteering
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Martin Regborn (born 10 December 1992) is a Swedish orienteer. He won a gold medal in the long distance event at the 2022 European Orienteering Championships in Rakvere, Estonia.[1] [2]

Regborn won a bronze medal in the long distance at the 2016 European Orienteering Championships in Jeseník, Czech Republic.[3] At the 2017 World Orienteering Championships in Tartu, Estonia, he placed ninth in the long distance,[4] and seventh in the sprint final.[5]

He won a gold medal in sprint at the 2024 World Orienteering Championships in Edinburgh, ahead of Tino Polsini and Emil Svensk.[6] The win was Regborn's first medal in the world orienteering championships.[7] He also qualified for the final in the knockout sprint at the world championships, where he placed fifth.[8]

As of 2024, Regborn was based in Örebro and was coaching orienteering at a high school in Hallsberg. Regborn named Emil Wingstedt as one of his orienteering idols growing up.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Martin Regborn . IOF Eventor. 12 July 2017.
  2. Web site: Svenskens revansch: EM-guld i orientering . Ekström . Albin . https://web.archive.org/web/20220804143347/https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/8QrqxW/orientering-em-2022-martin-regborn-tog-em-guld-i-langdistans . live . 4 August 2022 . . 4 August 2022 . 4 August 2022 . Sv.
  3. Web site: Official results for Long final . IOF Eventor. 12 July 2017.
  4. Web site: Official results for Long . IOF Eventor. 12 July 2017.
  5. Web site: Official results for Sprint Final . IOF Eventor. 12 July 2017.
  6. Web site: Dubbelt svenskt på pallen i orienterings-VM – Martin Regborn vann guld överlägset . svt.no . 12 July 2024 . 12 July 2024 . sv .
  7. Web site: WOC: Regborn and Alexandersson take first golds in Edinburgh . orienteering.sport . 12 July 2024 . 13 July 2024.
  8. Web site: Official results for World Orienteering Championships 2024 - Knock out sprint . eventor.orienteering.org . 16 July 2024 . 16 July 2024.
  9. Book: Barrable . Nick . 40th World Orienteering Championships Souvenir Programme . 11 July 2024 . CompassSport Magazine . Edinburgh . 10-20.