Turun Suunnistajat

Turun Suunnistajat (abbreviated TuS ) is an orienteering club from the southwestern Finnish city of Turku .

The association was founded on January 23, 1954. In 1994 the men's relay won the two important relay races Jukola in Finland and Tiomila in Sweden. TuS then won the Jukola in 1996 and 2001. The women's relay with the two Swiss women Vroni König-Salmi and Simone Niggli-Luder won the Venla in 2002 and the Tiomila in 2003.

The Turun Suunnistajat have over 420 members. In 1961 and 1972, the association itself was commissioned to organize the Jukola. In 2015 the association will host the Jukola with the Paimion Rasti association .

successes

Jukola & Venla :

• Winner men: 1994, 1996 and 2001
• Winner women: 2002

Tiomila :

• Winner men: 1994
• Winner women: 2003

25-manna :

• Winner: 2000

Finnish Relay Championship :

• Winner men: 1968 and 1997
• Winner women: 2005

Well-known athletes

• Troy de Haas (* 1979)
• Vroni König-Salmi (* 1969)
• Matthias Niggli (* 1973)
• Simone Niggli-Luder (* 1978)
• Jørgen Rostrup (* 1978)
• Janne Salmi (* 1969)

Web links

• Association website

Individual evidence

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