Orienteering USA

Orienteering USA
Founded	1st August 1971
president	Peter Goodwin
societies	55
Members	1,430
Homepage	www.orienteringusa.org

Orienteering USA is the national orienteering umbrella organization of the United States . The association was founded on August 1, 1971 and was called the United States Orienteering Federation (USOF) until August 2010 .

history

The USOF was founded on August 1, 1971. The first competitions in this sport on the American were organized between 1941 and 1943 by the Finnish officer Piltti Heiskanen. The first known public orienteering took place on November 5, 1967 in Valley Forge , Pennsylvania. The compass manufacturer Björn Kjellström , who was one of the co-founders of the USOF in 1971 , also had a significant influence on orienteering in the United States . In 1973 the USOF was accepted into the International Orienteering Federation (IOF).

Organized championships

Orienteering:

• 1993 World Orienteering Championships in West Point , New York

• 1997 World Masters Orienteering Championships in Minnesota

• 2012 North American Orienteering Championships at the Delaware Water Gap , Pennsylvania

Ski orienteering:

• 2012 North American Ski Orienteering Championships in Bear Valley and Lake Tahoe , California

President

• 1971–1973: Philip Schloss Jr.
• 1973-1975: Jack Dyess
• 1975-1977: Dick Adams
• 1977–1979: Aloysius van Staveren
• 1979-1983: Cindy Fuller
• 1983-1985: Al Smith
• 1985-1989: Per Stensby
• 1989–1991: Sam Burd Jr.
• 1991-1995: Larry Pedersen
• 1995-1997: Rick Worner
• 1997-1999: Gary Kraght
• 1999-2007: Chuck Ferguson
• 2007-2011: Clare Durand
• since 2011: Peter Goodwin (in office until 2015)

Web links

• Official website
• United States List of national orienteering federations International Orienteering Federation