Annika Zell

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Annika Zell (born March 24, 1965 ) is a former Swedish orienteer and ski orienteer .

Zell won the O-rings in orienteering in 1993 and 1996 . She won the Tiomila relay race three times : 1995 and 1996 with Sundsvall OK and 2006 with the Norwegian club Nydalens SK . In 1992 she was fifth in the overall World Cup.

In ski orienteering, she first took part in the 1986 World Championships. In the title fights in Batak , Bulgaria , she was individual fifth and won silver with the Swedish relay. In 1990 she won bronze in the long distance, behind Ragnhild Bratberg from Norway and the Swede Arja Hannus . In 1992 she won her first two titles at the World Championships in Pontarlier . She won the long distance and the relay with Ann-Charlotte Carlsson and Arja Hannus. On the short distance she was third behind Hannus and the Finn Virpi Juutilainen . The Swedish women's relay also won the title at the following two world championships, and in 1996 Zell was also successful with silver on the short distance and again with gold on the long distance. In 1998 she became world champion for the sixth time with her short distance title, and she also won silver in the long distance behind Liisa Anttila from Finland. She also won silver with the relay. In 2000 she played her last world championship in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, and won another silver medal with the relay.

In 1991 and 1993 she was the Swedish middle distance champion, in 1990 long distance champion. With the season of Sundsvalls OK she was successful in 1993.

Placements

Ski orienteering

World Championships:

  • 1986 : 5th place individual, 2nd place relay
  • 1990 : 5th place short, 3rd place long, 2nd place relay
  • 1992 : 3rd place short, 1st place long, 1st place relay
  • 1994 : Short dnf, 6th place Lang, 1st place relay
  • 1996 : 2nd place short, 1st place long, 1st place relay
  • 1998 : 1st place short, 2nd place long, 2nd place relay
  • 2000 : 6th place short, 9th place long, 2nd place relay

Overall World Cup:

  • 2nd place: 1991 and 2000
  • 3rd place: 1999

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personal data
SURNAME Zell, Annika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish orienteer and ski orienteer
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1965