Jonas Leandersson
Leandersson at JWOC 2010
Personal information
Born (1990-01-22) 22 January 1990 (age 34)
Sport
SportOrienteering
Club
  • Södertälje-Nykvarn Orientering
Medal record
Men's orienteering
Representing  Sweden
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Trentino–Veneto Relay
Gold medal – first place 2015 Inverness Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tartu Sprint relay
Gold medal – first place 2018 Riga Mixed sprint relay
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Lausanne Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Vuokatti Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Strömstad Mixed sprint relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Falun Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2012 Falun Relay

Jonas Leandersson (born 22 January 1990) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. He won a gold medal in the sprint at the 2012 European Orienteering Championships in Falun. Gold at the 2014 European Orienteering Championships in relay and gold at the 2014 World Orienteering Championships relay competing with the same relay team.

He competed at the 2012 World Orienteering Championships. In the sprint competition he qualified for the final, where he placed 15th.[1] At the 2018 World Orienteering Championships in Latvia he won a gold medal in the mixed sprint relay, together with Karolin Ohlsson, Emil Svensk and Tove Alexandersson.[2]

Results

World Championship results

Year
Age Long Middle Sprint Relay Sprint
Relay
2012 22 — — 15 3 —
2013 23 — — 3 — —
2014 24 — — 6 1 4
2015 25 DSQ — 1 7 5
2016 26 — — 5 — 3
2017 27 — — 5 — 1
2018 28 — 29 19 9 1

World Cup victories

No. Date Venue Distance
1. 19 May 2012 Sweden Falun Sprint (EOC)
2. 7 September 2012 Finland Vuokatti Sprint
3. 13 April 2014 Portugal Palmela Sprint (EOC)
4. 11 June 2014 Finland Imatra Sprint
5. 2 August 2015 Scotland Forres Sprint (WOC)
6. 16 October 2016 Switzerland Aarau Sprint
7. 7 October 2018 Czech Republic Prague Sprint

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jonas Leandersson.
  1. ^ "World Orienteering Championships 2012, Lausanne, Switzerland. Sprint Final Men – Final results" (PDF). woc2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  2. ^ "World Orienteering Championships 2018 Sprint Relay" (PDF). woc2018.lv. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

External links


Orienteering World Champions Men
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