Overview: WOC Teams 2008
AUS AUT BEL BUL CAN CHN TPE CRO CZE DEN EST FIN FRA GER
GBR HKG HUN IRL ISR ITA JPN LAT LTU NED NZL NOR POL POR
SRB ROM RUS SVK SLO RSA ESP SWE SUI TUR UKR USA

  Team Australia WOC 2008 - 9 runners  

Team Overview - Disciplines*

 NameSprintMiddleLongRelay
1.Joanne Allison  17th place
Qual: 7th place
25th place
Qual: 9th place
8th place
2.Julian Dent 42nd place
Qual: 15th place
32nd place
Qual: 10th place
 15th place
3.Grace Elson 32nd place
Qual: 12nd place
16th place
Qual: 7th place
 8th place
4.Kathryn Ewels 27th place
Qual: 12nd place
  14th place
Qual: 7th place
8th place
5.Jasmine Neve    
6.Kerrin RattrayQual: 28th place  Qual: 25th place  
7.Vanessa Round  33rd place
Qual: 14th place
39th place
Qual: 11st place
 
8.David Shepherd Qual: 18th place  15th place
9.Simon Uppill 43rd place
Qual: 14th place
Qual: 23rd place  15th place
Note! Information regarding planned disciplines may be inaccurate and change within the day before the competition.


Detailed Team information

Joanne Allison
ClubCanberra Cockatoos (AUS) / Göteborg-Majorna (SWE)
Born date03.06.1976
Info/BiographyMember of the IOF-runner panel, together with Thierry Guerorgiou, Emil Wingstedt and Simone Niggli. Overcame a knee-injury in 2006 to contribute to the 4th place in the relay for Australia. Selected for middle, long and relay at WOC 2008.
Selected results 17. place, WOC 2008 Middle
25. place, WOC 2008 Long
44. place, WOC 2007 Middle
20. place, WC 2008 #4, Middle
20. place, WOC 2006 Middle
36. place, WC 2008 #5, Long
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Julian Dent
ClubMalungs OK (SWE) /NSW Stingers (AUS)
Born date19.05.1986
Info/BiographyHad to withdraw from WOC 2006 because of injury. One of the course setters of JWOC 2007. Has a degree from university in International Relations. In Sweden working on youth project for his club Malungs OK, connected also to O-Ringen 2008. Looking for a top 20 placing in WOC 2008, his previous WOC-results are 22, 22 and 24...
Selected results 32. place, WOC 2008 Middle
42. place, WOC 2008 Sprint
22. place, WOC 2007 Sprint
24. place, WOC 2007 Middle
36. place, WC 2008 #5, Long
36. place, WC 2008 #11,
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Grace Elson
ClubTasmanian Foresters (AUS)
Born date31.07.1983
Selected results 16. place, WOC 2008 Middle
32. place, WOC 2008 Sprint
30. place, WOC 2007 Sprint
32. place, WOC 2007 Middle
36. place, EOC 2008 Long
37. place, EOC 2008 Sprint
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Kathryn Ewels
ClubVictorian Nuggets (AUS)
Born date30.08.1980
Info/BiographyBest of the Australian women in the WOC sprint 2008, finishing 27th.
Selected results 14. place, WOC 2008 Long
27. place, WOC 2008 Sprint
46. place, WOC 2007 Sprint
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Jasmine Neve
ClubVictorian Nuggets (AUS)
Born date17.06.1986
Info/BiographyWOC 2008 will be her first at senior level, running the sprint distance.
Selected results76. place, JWOC 2006 Sprint
32. place, JWOC 2005 Middle
76. place, JWOC 2005 Long
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Kerrin Rattray
ClubSouthern Arrows (AUS)
Born date01.06.1983
Vanessa Round
ClubSouthern Arrows (AUS)
Born date10.12.1987
Info/BiographyMaking her WOC-debut in her first senior year.
Selected results 33. place, WOC 2008 Middle
39. place, WOC 2008 Long
6. place, JWOC 2007 Long
15. place, JWOC 2007 Middle
23. place, JWOC 2007 Sprint
62. place, JWOC 2006 Long
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David Shepherd
ClubGöteborg-Majorna (SWE) /Canberra Cockatoos (AUS)
Born date15.12.1977
Selected results 34. place, WC 2008 #5, Long
36. place, WOC 2006 Middle
39. place, WOC 2006 Sprint
45. place, WC 2008 #4, Middle
25. place, WOC 2005 Middle
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Simon Uppill
ClubMalungs OK (SWE) / Southern Arrows (AUS)
Born date28.07.1987
Info/BiographyFirst WOC in his first year as a senior. Close to a medal with a 4th place at the long distance in JWOC 2007. Qualified for the sprint final in WOC 2008, but could only finish 43rd.
Selected results 43. place, WOC 2008 Sprint
41. place, WC 2008 #5, Long
49. place, WC 2008 #4, Middle
4. place, JWOC 2007 Long
10. place, JWOC 2007 Sprint
21. place, JWOC 2007 Middle
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