Mona Nørgaard
Mona Nørgaard (born February 23, 1948 ) is a former Danish orienteer . She became individual world champion in 1974.
The 1974 World Championships took place in Silkeborg , Denmark . In her victory in the 7.9 kilometer individual race, she was almost three minutes ahead of Sweden's Kristin Cullman . With the season she came in sixth. In 1975 she won the title at the Nordic Championships in Nørre Snede ahead of the Finn Liisa Veijalainen . Here, too, they had a relatively large lead of over two minutes. As the defending champion, she traveled to the World Championships in Aviemore, Scotland, in 1976 . Here Liisa Veijalainen won the women's individual competition ahead of Kristin Cullman. Nørgaard finished fourth.
Placements
| World championships | North. Championships | Danish championships | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | E. | St. | E. | St. | E. | N | St. | ||
| 1974 | 1. | 6th | |||||||
| 1975 | 1. | 5. | |||||||
| 1976 | 4th | 7th | |||||||
| 1977 | |||||||||
| 1978 | 31. | ||||||||
| Explanation: OWC = overall World Cup / Sp = sprint, KD = short distance, MD = middle distance, LD = long distance, Kl = classic distance, E = individual competition, St = relay, N = night orienteering | |||||||||
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Nørgaard, Mona |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish orienteer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1948 |