Thierry Gueorgiou

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Athlete profile: Thierry Gueorgiou

Last updated July 2012

The King of Middle distance - winning more middle distance races in international championships than all other runners together. His force is surely his orienteering technique - training more with a map than any other top orienteer. Has raised the standard of training, and developed French orienteering as well. Injury problems in the sprint of 2012 - needed to leave EOC without running any finals - and not clear if he would be ready in time for WOC in Switzerland.

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First time on top in the World Championships in 2003 winning the middle with almost three(!) minutes - and first failure in 2006. Won five middle championships races in a row (3 Woc, 2 Eoc) between 2003 and 2006, before missing the podium in WOC 2006. Was back on track in 2007 with gold in sprint and middle, and he was unbeaten in international events the whole season. Even won the European Trail-o Champs in July 2007! Continued with gold medals at WOC in both 2008 and 2009. Did not manage to repeat this in WOC in Trondheim in nordic terrain in 2010 - finishing 3rd - and also 3rd in the long distance in 2010. Almost secured a relay win for the French team in 2008. Thierry was leading with just 1km to go when he was stung by an insect and could not complete the race. A somewhat similar situation happened at the relay in 2009 ; on the course to a medal on the last leg along with Norway, Sweden and Czech Republic he had to stop along with Norway and Czech Republic to help the Swedish runner Martin Johansson who was severely injured. This earned him and his two fellow helpers several fair play prizes. All good (or actually bad) things are three - in the WOC relay of 2010 he forgot a control after being close to the lead on the last leg. A role model for French orienteers. His father Michel was junior and senior coach for many years and has a been an important factor in the incredible development of French orienteering and Thierry Gueorgiou. Diffcult name to pronounce, so he is called "Tero Kettunen" in Finland and "Terje Gundersen" in Norway. Nominated for the Orienteering Achievement of 2009 for coming back and taking the silver medal in the WOC Long distance after the traumatic relay incident. Also: Winning despite the pressure ; The King of Middle took another WOC Middle Gold medal in 2009 - now arrived at 6 WOC Middle Gold medals. Nominated for the Orienteering Achievement of 2008 for taking his 5th WOC Middle distance gold medal in six years: The King of Middle Distance managed to defend his throne again! Nominated for the Orienteering Achievement of 2006 for three consecutive individual World Cup victories in France in Sprint, Long and Middle, securing him the overall World Cup 2006.

Country	France
WoO Ranking	Overall: 4, Sprint: 54, Middle: 2, Long: 3
World Ranking	3 (as of 27/4/2013)
Club	NOSE (FRA), Kalevan rasti (FIN)
Born place	Saint Etienne (FRA)
Born date	30.03.1979
Lives	St Etienne (FRA)
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World Orienteering Championships (WOC)

10 gold medals

2011, Relay, Savoie, France
2011, Middle, Savoie, France
2011, Long, Savoie, France
2009, Middle, Miskolc, Hungary
2008, Middle, Olomouc, Czech Republic
2007, Sprint, Kiev, Ukraine
2007, Middle, Kiev, Ukraine
2005, Middle, Aichi, Japan
2004, Middle, Västerås, Sweden
2003, Middle, Rapperswil/Jona, Switzerland

2 silver medals

2009, Long, Miskolc, Hungary
2005, Relay, Aichi, Japan

3 bronze medals

2010, Middle, Trondheim, Norway
2010, Long, Trondheim, Norway
2003, Sprint, Rapperswil/Jona, Switzerland

Best for each discipline:

Long: Gold 2011, Savoie, France
Middle: Gold last time 2011, Savoie, France
Sprint: Gold 2007, Kiev, Ukraine
Relay: Gold 2011, Savoie, France

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Overall World Cup (WC Overall)

1. place: 2 times

WC Overall 2007
WC Overall 2006

2. place: 4 times

WC Overall 2011
WC Overall 2009
WC Overall 2008
WC Overall 2005

3. place: Once

WC Overall 2010

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European Orienteering Championships (EOC)

3 gold medals

2008, Middle, Ventspils, Latvia
2006, Middle, Otepää, Estonia
2004, Middle, Roskilde, Denmark

2 silver medals

2010, Relay, Primorsko, Bulgaria
2006, Relay, Otepää, Estonia

Best for each discipline:

Long: 13. place 2004, Roskilde, Denmark
Middle: Gold last time 2008, Ventspils, Latvia
Sprint: 8. place 2008, Ventspils, Latvia
Relay: Silver last time 2010, Primorsko, Bulgaria

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Open Nordic Orienteering Championships (NOC)

1 silver medal

2009, Middle, Salo, Finland

2 bronze medals

2009, Sprint, Salo, Finland
2009, Long, Salo, Finland

Best for each discipline:

Long: Bronze 2009, Salo, Finland
Middle: Silver 2009, Salo, Finland
Sprint: Bronze 2009, Salo, Finland
Relay: 4. place 2009, Salo, Finland

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World Cup (WC)

1. place: 24 times

2012, WC no. 10, NORT, NOR, Middle
2011, WC no. 9, Postfinancesprint, SUI, Middle
2011, WC no. 6, Savoie, France, Middle, WOC
2011, WC no. 5, Savoie, France, Long, WOC
2010, WC no. 11, Postfinancesprint, SUI, Middle
2010, WC no. 10, WC-final, FRA, Long
2009, WC no. 5, Miskolc, HUN, Middle, WOC
2008, WC no. 7, Olomouc, CZE, Middle, WOC
2008, WC no. 3, Ventspils, LAT, Middle, EOC
2007, WC no. 10, Stein am Rhein - Swisscup, SUI, Sprint
2007, WC no. 9, Stein am Rhein - Swisscup, SUI, Middle
2007, WC no. 8, Kiev, UKR, Sprint, WOC
2007, WC no. 6, Kiev, UKR, Middle, WOC
2007, WC no. 5, Mjölby - O-Ringen, SWE, Sprint
2007, WC no. 4, Mjölby - O-Ringen, SWE, Middle
2007, WC no. 2, Bykle - O-festival, NOR, Middle
2007, WC no. 1, Lapua - Jukola, FIN, Sprint
2006, WC no. 10, Auvergne, FRA, Middle
2006, WC no. 9, Auvergne, FRA, Long
2006, WC no. 8, Auvergne, FRA, Sprint
2006, WC no. 2, Otepää, EST, Middle, EOC
2005, WC no. 6, Aichi, JPN, Middle, WOC
2004, WC no. 7, Västerås, SWE, Middle, WOC
2004, WC no. 1, Roskilde, DEN, Middle, EOC

2. place: 9 times

2012, WC no. 13, NORT, FIN, Middle
2011, WC no. 8, Liberec, CZE, Long
2011, WC no. 7, Liberec, CZE, Middle
2009, WC no. 7, Miskolc, HUN, Long, WOC
2009, WC no. 1, Salo, FIN, Middle, NOC
2008, WC no. 12, Postfinancesprint, SUI, Middle
2008, WC no. 11, Sälen, SWE, Middle
2005, WC no. 4, Surrey Hills, GBR, Middle
2002, WC no. 6, Røros, NOR, Sprint

3. place: 8 times

2010, WC no. 9, Trondheim, NOR, Middle, WOC
2010, WC no. 8, Trondheim, NOR, Long, WOC
2009, WC no. 2, Salo, FIN, Sprint, NOC
2008, WC no. 13, Postfinancesprint, SUI, Sprint
2008, WC no. 9, Sälen, SWE, Sprint
2008, WC no. 4, Oslo - O-festival, NOR, Middle
2005, WC no. 10, Subiaco, ITA, Sprint
2005, WC no. 9, Subiaco, ITA, Middle

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Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC)

2. place: 2 times

1999, Relay, Varna, Bulgaria
1998, Long, Reims, France

3. place: 2 times

1999, Middle, Varna, Bulgaria
1998, Relay, Reims, France

Best for each discipline:

Long: 2. place 1998, Reims, France
Middle: 3. place 1999, Varna, Bulgaria
Relay: 2. place 1999, Varna, Bulgaria

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Other international results

Individual results:
2006: Springcup, 4. place
2005: Worldgames, 1. place
2003: PWT 2003-7, 2. place (Eksjö (Stora torget), Sweden)
2003: PWT 2003-6, 2. place (Jönköping (Stadsparken), Sweden)
2003: PWT 2003-5, 5. place (Växjö (Teleborg), Sweden)
Relays:
2011: Jukola 2011, 2. place (3. leg, Out: 22. place, In: 1. place, Kalevan Rasti)
2010: Jukola 2010, 2. place (7. leg, Out: 2. place, In: 2. place, Kalevan Rasti)
2009: Jukola 2009, 2. place (7. leg, Out: 2. place, In: 2. place, Kalevan Rasti)
2008: Jukola 2008, 6. place (7. leg, Out: 8. place, In: 6. place, Kalevan Rasti)
2007: Jukola 2007, 1. place (7. leg, Out: 1. place, In: 1. place, Kalevan Rasti)
2006: Jukola 2006, 2. place (7. leg, Out: 3. place, In: 2. place, Kalevan Rasti)
2005: Jukola 2005, 1. place (7. leg, Out: 2. place, In: 1. place, Kalevan Rasti)
2004: Jukola 2004, 1. place (7. leg, Out: 2. place, In: 1. place, Kalevan Rasti)
2003: Jukola 2003, 3. place (7. leg, Out: 2. place, In: 3. place, Kalevan Rasti)
2002: Jukola 2002, 2. place (6. leg, Out: 4. place, In: 2. place, Kalevan Rasti)
2001: Jukola 2001, 4. place (4. leg, Out: 22. place, In: 4. place, Kalevan Rasti)

IOF World Ranking:
World Ranking position: 3 (as of 27/4/2013)
See also all IOF WRE results for Thierry Gueorgiou including updated WR position

Thierry Gueorgiou is found under the following names:
Thierry Guerorgiou (1 times) Thierry Guergiou (5 times) Thierry Gueorgiou (205 times) .
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World Championships 2012, Middle Qualification

World Championships 2011, Middle Qualification

World Championships 2011, Long Qualification

World Championships 2010, Middle Qualification

World Championships 2010, Long Qualification

World Championships 2009, Middle Qualification

World Championships 2009, Long Qualification

World Championships 2008, Sprint Qualification

World Championships 2008, Middle Qualification

World Championships 2006, Middle Qualification

The King of Middle distance

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