Martin Johansson (orienteer)

Martin Johansson at the 2008 World Championships

Martin Johansson at the 2010 World Championships

Martin Johansson (born September 26, 1984 in Avesta ) is a Swedish orienteer .

Martin Johansson, who is a member of the IFK Mora club , won a bronze medal in the sprint at the 2007 World Championships in Kiev and 2008 in Olomouc . In 2004 Johansson finished second at the Junior World Championships over the long distance and won the gold medal with the Swedish relay. In 2005 he finished eighth at the World Games in Duisburg. Martin Johansson is a good runner and skier and has already taken part in the Wasalauf.

At the relay race of the 2009 World Championships in Miskolc , Hungary , Johansson ran as the final runner in the leading group and was seriously injured. His direct rivals Thierry Gueorgiou ( France ), Michal Smola ( Czech Republic ) and Anders Nordberg ( Norway ) witnessed the accident and stopped their run to take care of Johansson and get help. Despite this incident and the distortion of the result, the race was rated by the IOF .

In 2005 he became the Swedish sprint champion.

Placements

At world championships:

World championships	sprint	medium	Long	Season
2006 Aarhus	7th
2007 Kiev	3.		dsq.
2008 Olomouc	3.
2009 Miskolc	5.
2010 Trondheim	5.

At European Championships:

European championships	sprint	medium	Long	Season
2008 Ventspils	12.		5.	6th

Web links

Commons : Martin Johansson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Martin Johansson (orienteer) in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Homepage of Martin Johansson
• Martin Johansson World of O Runners

Individual evidence

1. ^ Information about the accident in 2009 → orientierungslauf.de
2. ↑ Report on the accident in 2009 → Thierry Gueorgiou's blog  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.