François Gonon

François Gonon (2008)

François Gonon (born April 23, 1979 ) is a French orienteer . In 2011 he became world champion with the French relay.

Gonon ran his first world championships as a 20-year-old in Inverness, Scotland . Gradually he made it to the top of the world over the next few years. In 2005 and 2006 he finished eleventh in the overall World Cup, and in 2007 he was sixth. He won his first medal at the World Championships in Japan in the French relay in 2005, when he finished second behind Norway with Damien Renard and Thierry Gueorgiou . The French also won silver at the 2006 European Championships in Estonia. At the 2008 World Championships , Gonon came third in the long distance race behind Daniel Hubmann from Switzerland and Anders Nordberg from Norway. In 2011 in France he was able to repeat this success; this time he was only behind Thierry Gueorgiou and the Finn Pasi Ikonen . In addition, the French season with Philippe Adamski , Gonon and Gueorgiou became world champions. This was the first time that the world championship title went to France in the relay race.

Placements

World championships sprint medium Long Season 1999 Inverness 12. 2001 Tampere 11. 2003 Rapperswil dsq 14th 2004 Västerås nq 7th 2005 Aichi 16. 12. 2. 2006 Aarhus 10. 6th 11. 2007 Kiev 14th 6th 2008 Olomouc nq 3. dsq 2009 Miskolc 5. dsq 25th 2010 Trondheim 23. 4th 8th. 2011 Savoie 6th 3. 1.

European championships sprint medium Long Season 2000 Truskawetz 21st 2002 Sümeg 22nd 16. 9. 2004 Roskilde 6th 2006 Otepää 20th 10. 2. 2008 Ventspils 38. 15th 4th

World Games	sprint	medium	Season
2001 Akita		33.	9.
2005 Duisburg		33.

Overall World Cup
1998	122.
2000	26th
2002	23.
2004	57.
2005	11.
2006	11.
2007	6th
2008	16.
2009	32.
2010	19th
2011	34.

Web links

Commons : François Gonon  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• François Gonon World of O Runners