Jonas Leandersson

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Jonas Leandersson, 2013

Jonas Leandersson (born January 22, 1990 in Karlstad ) is a Swedish orienteer .

Leandersson won silver in the middle distance and bronze in the sprint at the 2010 Junior World Championships in Aalborg, Denmark . In the following year he started for the first time in the active world cup races. In 2012 at the European Championships in Falun , he already won a gold medal at his first major international championships. In the sprint in the city park of Falun, he relegated the Bulgarian Kiril Nikolov to second place. Together with Fredrik Johansson and Anders Holmberg , he also won the silver medal in the relay behind the Swiss team. At the World Championships two months later in Lausanne , the Swedish relay team with Leandersson, Peter Öberg and Anders Holmberg won the bronze medal behind the Czech Republic and Norway. Leandersson finished the 2013 World Cup season in fourth place. In 2013 he finished third in the sprint at the World Championships in Vuokatti, Finland . Gold went to the Finn Mårten Boström ahead of the British Scott Fraser .

In April 2014 Leandersson became European sprint champion in Portugal for the second time in a row. He relegated his compatriot Jerker Lysell to second place by eleven seconds. He won another gold medal in the relay with Fredrik Johansson and Gustav Bergman . The same season won the world title in Italy in July 2014. In the newly introduced mixed relay, the Swedes finished fourth with Leandersson, in the sprint he was sixth.

Leandersson runs for the Swedish club Södertälje-Nykvarn Orientering , with whom he was fifth in 2011 and 2012 and third in 2013 at the Jukola and 2011 Swedish relay champion.

Placements

World championships sprint medium Long Season Mixed
2012 Lausanne 15th 3.
2013 Vuokatti 3.
2014 Trento / Veneto 6th 1. 4th
European championships sprint medium Long Season
2012 Falun 1. 14th 2.
2014 Palmela 1. 1.
Junior World Championship sprint medium Long Season
2010 Aalborg 3. 2. 77.
Overall World Cup
2011 66.
2012 4th
2013 8th.

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SURNAME Leandersson, Jonas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish orienteer
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlstad , Sweden