Helsingin Suunnistajat

Helsingin Suunnistajat ( German orienteer Helsinkis ) is an orienteering club from the Finnish capital Helsinki .

history

The association was founded in 1943 and today has around 800 members. About a fifth of them are under 21 years of age.

The club's most successful period is the 1950s. To this day, the club’s Jukola relay is the record winner of the competition with eight victories between 1949 and 1970. The club's best-known runners include Juhani Salmenkylä and Erkki Aro , who were on the team for seven of the eight Jukola successes. In 1954 the men also won the Tiomila in Sweden.

successes

Jukola

• 1st place men: 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1960, and 1970
• 1st place youth: 1987 and 2010

Tiomila

• 1st place: 1954 (men), 2013 (youth)

25-manna

• 1st place: 1996

Finnish relay championships

• 1st place men: 1945, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1971, 1973 and 1995
• 1st place women: 1952, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1971 and 1973

Well-known athletes

• Erkki Aro (1916–1993)
• Gernot Kerschbaumer (* 1983), between 2007 and 2010
• Juhani Salmenkylä (* 1932)
• Markku Salminen (1946-2004)

Web links

• Homepage of the association