Södertälje-Nykvarn orientering explained

Södertälje-Nykvarn orientering is a Swedish orienteering club in Södertälje. Its activities are based in Tveta by the lake Måsnaren, just west to the town.[1]

History

It started in 1999 by merging the orienteering activities of three sports clubs: IFK Södertälje, Södertälje IF och Oxvretens SK. In 2011 it became an independent association.[1]

IFK Södertälje

This club got a fourth place in Tiomila in 1966.[2]

It won the Tiomila relay in 1986, 1992, 1993 and 1996.[3]

It won the women's relay in Tiomila in 1989[4]

Södertälje IF

This club won Tiomila in 1961 and come second in 1966.[2] [3]

Södertälje-Nykvarn orientering

As a merged club, it won the Tiomila relay in 2005 and in 2016.[3] In 2005 Petr Losman managed to pass Tore Sandvik from Halden SK on the arena. [5] In 2016 Andreu Blanes Reig got the lead on the fourth leg, which the kept until the ninth leg. Finally Jonas Leandersson managed to win with a margin of one meter.[6]

Leandersson won three World Championships (sprint, relay and sprint relay)[7] [8] as well as the Swedish Championships in sprint in 2018.[9]

Other runners in the club are Michael Wehlin,,, and and Katarina Borg.

References

  1. Web site: Om SNO . 3 May 2020.
  2. Ulricehamns OK femma i Tiomila . Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning . 1966-05-09 . 16 . GHS_660509.
  3. Web site: Herrar . svenskorientering . Svenska orienteringsförbundet . 1 May 2020 . 3 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200603191638/https://www.svenskorientering.se/forbundet/Resultatochstatistik/Tiomila/Herrar/ . dead .
  4. Web site: Damer . svenskorientering . Svenska orienteringsförbundet . 1 May 2020 . 3 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200603191642/https://www.svenskorientering.se/forbundet/Resultatochstatistik/Tiomila/Damer/ . dead .
  5. Nilsson . Kjell . Södertälje vann Tiomila . Dagens Nyheter . 2005-04-25 . 3 . 23 . 3 May 2020.
  6. Spurtade till segern på Lugnet . 2016-05-16 . 2 . 13 . Göteborgsposten.
  7. Hjorter . David . Han har VM-laddat i källare . Enköpingsposten . 2018-08-03 . 1 . 24 .
  8. Världsmästare slutar i blågult . Laholms Tidning . 2018-10-20 . 1 . 13 . 3 May 2020.
  9. Orientering . Örnsköldsviks Allehanda . 2018-06-04 . 1 . 26 . 3 May 2020.