WOC
Finland will host World Orienteering Championships in 2013. Finland will be the first nation to host WOC for the fourth time in the IOF history. WOC 2013 will be organized in Vuokatti 6.-14.7.2013 together with Kainuu Orienteering Week.
Finland has organised the IOF World Orienteering Championships three times so far – in 1966, 1979 and 2001, and the IOF World Trail Orienteering Championships once in 2006. In fact, the history of the World Championships in Orienteering started in Finland in 1966. In 1979 it was again Finland’s turn to organise WOC. WOC 2001 in Tampere set the standards for this decade’s Championships: big-screen production, GPS-tracking, live TV broadcasts and mobile phone services were introduced in orienteering. The Sprint was also in a WOC programme for the first time.
The vision of WOC 2013 is:
- to create a WOC that both spectators and competitors will look back on as the best organised and most experience-filled WOC of all time
- to have 50 countries take part in WOC competitions
- to have 10,000 orienteers in spectator events at Kainuu Orienteering Week
- to provide competitors with challenging experiences in pure nature – you compete, we serve
- to offer spectators and our guests not just the excitement of orienteering but also a memorable WOC Event Week with many interesting activities.
WOC 2013 Competition Organisation
Event director is Jyrki Uotila, WOC Senior Event Adviser is Henning Spjelkavik. WOC Chief National Controller is Heikki Peltola, WOC National Controllers are Taisto Kemppainen and Jarmo Puttonen.
WOC Course Setting Team: Jussi Silvennoinen (long distance), Börje Vartiainen (middle distance & relay), Jukka Kemppainen (sprint), Antti Schroderus (sprint), Samuli Launiainen (long distance) and Jarmo Tonder (middle distance & relay).
Map Maker Team: Pasi Jokelainen (map manager), Pekka Hiltunen, Rauno Asikainen, Jussi Silvennoinen and Kimmo Nykänen.
Bulletins
bulletin1_netti.pdf (for printing)
bulletin1_netti_selailu.pdf (for viewing)
