World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships
Statusactive
Genresports competition
Date(s)July–August
Frequencyannual
Location(s)various
Inaugurated2002 (2002)
Organised byIOF

The World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships is the official event for awarding World Champion titles in mountain bike orienteering. The World Championships, also known as WMTBOC, were first held in 2002, and since 2004 they have been organized annually – except in 2020.[1] The programme includes Long distance, Middle distance, Sprint, Mass Start (unofficial in 2016 and official from 2017), and a Relay for both men and women.

Host towns and cities

Below is a list of towns and cities that have hosted World Championships in mountain bike orienteering. Year, date, place and number of participating countries are shown.

Year Date Place # Countries Notes
2002 1–6 July France Fontainebleau, France 29 [2]
2004 19–23 October Australia Ballarat, Australia 26 [3]
2005 5–11 September Slovakia Banská Bystrica, Slovakia 26 [4]
2006 (in conjunction with TrailO WTOC 2006) 9–13 July Finland Joensuu, Finland 25 [5]
2007 5–12 August Czech Republic Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic 22 [6]
2008 24–31 August Poland Ostróda, Poland 26 [7]
2009 9–16 August Israel Ben Shemen, Israel 20 [8]
2010 11–17 July Portugal Montalegre, Portugal 25 [9]
2011 20–28 August Italy Vicenza, Italy 27 [10]
2012 20–25 August Hungary Veszprém, Hungary 30 [11]
2013 26–31 August Estonia Rakvere, Estonia 26 [12]
2014 24–31 August Poland Białystok, Poland 27 [13]
2015 14–23 August Czech Republic Liberec, Czech Republic 28 [14]
2016 24–30 July Portugal Águeda, Portugal 22 [15]
2017 19–27 August Lithuania Vilnius, Lithuania 23 [16]
2018 5–12 August Austria Zwettl, Austria 27 [17]
2019 28 July–3 August Denmark Viborg, Denmark 24 [18]
2020 17–22 August* Czech Republic Jeseník, Czech Republic cancelled
2021 10–18 June Finland Kuortane, Finland 16 [19]
2022 15–20 July Sweden Falun, Sweden 25 [20]

Long distance

Men

Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2002 Finland Jussi Mäkilä France Jérémie Gillmann Switzerland Alain Berger
2004 Switzerland Alain Berger Finland Mika Tervala Australia Adrian Jackson
2005 Russia Ruslan Gritsan Russia Victor Korchagin Australia Adrian Jackson
2006 Finland Mika Tervala Russia Ruslan Gritsan Finland Matti Keskinarkaus
2007 Russia Ruslan Gritsan Denmark Lasse Brun Pedersen Czech Republic Jaroslav Rygl
2008 Russia Ruslan Gritsan Denmark Torbjørn Gasbjerg Switzerland Beat Okle
2009 Australia Adrian Jackson Russia Ruslan Gritsan France Matthieu Barthelemy
2010 Russia Anton Foliforov Australia Adrian Jackson Denmark Erik Skovgaard Knudsen
2011 Finland Samuli Saarela Denmark Erik Skovgaard Knudsen Russia Ruslan Gritsan
2012 Russia Ruslan Gritsan Finland Juho Saarinen Finland Samuel Pokala Length 29.3 km, Climb 310m, 29 controls
2013 Czech Republic Kryštof Bogar Finland Samuli Saarela Russia Anton Foliforov Length 34.9 km, Climb 405m, 32 controls
2014 Russia Anton Foliforov France Baptiste Fuchs Czech Republic Jiří Hradil
2015 Russia Anton Foliforov Finland Jussi Laurila Italy Luca Dallavalle
2016 Russia Anton Foliforov Czech Republic Kryštof Bogar Portugal Davide Machado
2017 Denmark Rasmus Soegaard Czech Republic Jiří Hradil Russia Anton Foliforov
2018 Czech Republic Kryštof Bogar Switzerland Simon Braendli Russia Anton Foliforov
2019 Russia Ruslan Gritsan France Baptiste Fuchs Russia Anton Foliforov
2021 Finland Andre Haga Finland Pekka Niemi Switzerland Simon Braendli

Women

Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2002 Finland Päivi Tommola Australia Emily Viner Germany Antje Bornhak
2004 Germany Anke Dannowski Finland Päivi Tommola Germany Antje Bornhak
2005 Finland Päivi Tommola Germany Antje Bornhak Germany Anke Dannowski
2006 Switzerland Christine Schaffner Russia Ksenia Chernykh Finland Ingrid Stengård
2007 Austria Michaela Gigon Russia Ksenia Chernykh Switzerland Christine Schaffner
2008 Switzerland Christine Schaffner Finland Marika Hara Denmark Line Pedersen
2009 Switzerland Christine Schaffner Austria Sonja Zinkl Slovakia Hana Bajtošová
2010 Switzerland Christine Schaffner Russia Ksenia Chernykh Finland Marika Hara
2011 Denmark Rikke Kornvig Finland Ingrid Stengard Italy Laura Scaravonati
2012 Finland Susanna Laurila Russia Ksenia Chernykh Finland Marika Hara Length 21.5 km, Climb 250m, 24 controls
2013 Finland Marika Hara Finland Susanna Laurila Sweden Cecilia Thomasson Length 26.0 km, Climb 265m, 27 controls
2014 Russia Olga Vinogradova Russia Svetlana Poverina Denmark Camilla Soegaard
2015 Czech Republic Martina Tichovská Russia Svetlana Poverina Sweden Cecilia Thomasson
2016 United Kingdom Emily Benham France Gaëlle Barlet Switzerland Maja Rothweiler
2017 United Kingdom Emily Benham Czech Republic Martina Tichovská Russia Olga Vinogradova
2018 Czech Republic Martina Tichovská Finland Antonia Haga Russia Svetlana Poverina
2019 United Kingdom Emily Benham Kvale Czech Republic Veronika Kubínová Lithuania Gabriele Andrasiuniene
2021 Denmark Camilla Soegaard Czech Republic Veronika Kubínová Finland Marika Hara

Middle distance

Men

Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2004 Australia Adrian Jackson Switzerland Alain Berger Russia Victor Korchagin
2005 Russia Ruslan Gritsan Czech Republic Jaroslav Rygl Finland Mika Tervala
2006 Finland Tuomo Tompuri Finland Mika Tervala Russia Ruslan Gritsan
2007 Finland Mika Tervala France Jérémie Gillmann Czech Republic Lubomír Tomeček
2008 Australia Adrian Jackson Denmark Søren Strunge Czech Republic Lubomír Tomeček
2009 Denmark Torbjørn Gasbjerg Czech Republic Jiří Hradil Denmark Lasse Brun Pedersen Length: 20.4 km, Climb: 355 m, 19 controls
2010 Finland Samuli Saarela Australia Adrian Jackson Italy Luca Dallavalle
2011 Finland Samuli Saarela Russia Ruslan Gritsan Austria Tobias Breitschadel
2012 Finland Samuli Saarela Russia Anton Foliforov Finland Samuel Pökälä Length 14.4 km, Climb 240m, 21 controls
2013 Estonia Tõnis Erm Russia Anton Foliforov Finland Samuli Saarela Length 15.6 km, Climb 290m, 24 controls
2014 Russia Ruslan Gritsan Czech Republic Jiří Hradil Russia Anton Foliforov
2015 Russia Anton Foliforov Italy Luca Dallavalle Czech Republic Marek Pospíšek
2016 Russia Anton Foliforov Czech Republic Vojtěch Ludvík Russia Ruslan Gritsan
2017 Czech Republic Kryštof Bogar Russia Anton Foliforov Russia Valeriy Gluhov
2018 Switzerland Simon Braendli France Baptiste Fuchs Russia Grigory Medvedev
2019 Czech Republic Vojtěch Ludvík Russia Anton Foliforov Russia Grigory Medvedev
2021 Finland Samuel Pokala Switzerland Simon Braendli Czech Republic Kryštof Bogar

Women

Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2004 Austria Michaela Gigon France Laure Coupat
Australia Belinda Allison
2005 Austria Michaela Gigon Switzerland Christine Schaffner Lithuania Ramune Arlauskiene
2006 Austria Michaela Gigon Slovakia Hana Bajtošová Finland Ingrid Stengård
2007 Russia Ksenia Chernykh Slovakia Hana Bajtošová Czech Republic Markéta Jirásková
2008 Russia Ksenia Chernykh Austria Michaela Gigon Finland Päivi Tommola
2009 Finland Marika Hara Austria Michaela Gigon Switzerland Christine Schaffner Length: 15.6 km, Climb: 225 m, 15 controls
2010 Austria Michaela Gigon Denmark Rikke Kornvig Finland Marika Hara
2011 Austria Michaela Gigon Poland Anna Kaminska Denmark Rikke Kornvig
2012 Switzerland Ursina Jäggi Finland Ingrid Stengard Denmark Nina Hoffmann Length 11.7 km, Climb 205m, 17 controls
2013 Finland Marika Hara United Kingdom Emily Benham Finland Susanna Laurila Length 11.3 km, Climb 200m, 18 controls
2014 Sweden Cecilia Thomasson United Kingdom Emily Benham Finland Marika Hara
2015 France Gaelle Barlet Czech Republic Martina Tichovská United Kingdom Emily Benham
2016 Russia Olga Vinogradova United Kingdom Emily Benham Denmark Camilla Soegaard
2017 Russia Olga Vinogradova Czech Republic Martina Tichovská United Kingdom Emily Benham
2018 Russia Olga Vinogradova Czech Republic Martina Tichovská Czech Republic Veronika Kubinova
2019 United Kingdom Emily Benham Kvale Czech Republic Veronika Kubínová Finland Marika Hara
2021 Svetlana Foliforova* Czech Republic Martina Tichovská Finland Marika Hara *Neutral athlete, born in Russia

Sprint

Men

Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2002 Finland Mika Tervala Switzerland Alain Berger France Jérémie Gillmann
2007 Denmark Torbjørn Gasbjerg France Jérémie Gillmann Russia Anton Foliforov
2008 Denmark Lasse Brun Pedersen Czech Republic Jiří Hradil Estonia Tõnis Erm
2009 Australia Adrian Jackson Denmark Lasse Brun Pedersen Russia Ruslan Gritsan
2010 Australia Adrian Jackson Estonia Tõnis Erm Russia Anton Foliforov
2011 Russia Anton Foliforov Czech Republic Jiří Hradil Denmark Erik Skovgaard Knudsen
2012 Austria Tobias Breitschädel Czech Republic Marek Pospíšek Russia Ruslan Gritsan Length 6.9 km, Climb 135m, 20 controls
2013 Estonia Tõnis Erm Estonia Lauri Malsroos Czech Republic Kryštof Bogar Length 6.1 km, Climb 55m, 22 controls
2014 Norway Hans Jorgen Kvale
Russia Anton Foliforov		 Russia Grigory Medvedev
2015 Italy Luca Dallavalle Czech Republic Vojtěch Stránský Estonia Lauri Malsroos
2016 Russia Anton Foliforov Italy Luca Dallavalle France Cedric Beill
2017 Russia Grigory Medvedev Finland Jussi Laurila Estonia Lauri Malsroos
2018 Russia Anton Foliforov Russia Grigory Medvedev Czech Republic Kryštof Bogar
2019 Russia Grigory Medvedev Russia Anton Foliforov France Yoann Courtois
2021 Czech Republic Kryštof Bogar Switzerland Simon Braendli Valeriy Glukhov* *Neutral athlete from Russia

Women

Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2002 France Laure Coupat Finland Mervi Väisänen Germany Antje Bornhak
2007 Russia Ksenia Chernykh Austria Michaela Gigon Slovakia Hana Bajtošová
2008 Slovakia Hana Bajtošová Austria Michaela Gigon Czech Republic Martina Tichovská
2009 Slovakia Hana Bajtošová Finland Marika Hara Austria Michaela Gigon
2010 Poland Anna Kaminska Switzerland Christine Schaffner Czech Republic Martina Tichovská
2011 France Gaelle Barlet Finland Marika Hara Austria Michaela Gigon
2012 Switzerland Christine Schaffner United Kingdom Emily Benham Poland Anna Kaminska Length 5.1 km, Climb 105m, 17 controls
2013 Sweden Cecilia Thomasson Finland Eeva-Liisa Hakala Russia Tatiana Repina Length 5.7 km, Climb 50m, 21 controls
2014 Finland Marika Hara Russia Tatiana Repina United Kingdom Emily Benham
2015 Czech Republic Martina Tichovská Russia Svetlana Poverina Sweden Cecilia Thomasson
2016 United Kingdom Emily Benham Finland Marika Hara Finland Henna Saarinen
2017 Finland Marika Hara United Kingdom Emily Benham Russia Olga Vinogradova
2018 Finland Henna Saarinen Czech Republic Martina Tichovská
Denmark Camilla Soegaard
2019 United Kingdom Emily Benham Kvale Czech Republic Veronika Kubínová United Kingdom Clare Dallimore
2021 Finland Marika Hara Svetlana Foliforova* Sweden Anna Tiderman *Neutral athlete from Russia

Mass Start

Men

Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2017 Italy Luca Dallavalle Russia Ruslan Gritsan Switzerland Simon Braendli
2018 Finland Jussi Laurila Portugal Davide Machado Austria Kevin Haselsberger
2019 Czech Republic Jiří Hradil Czech Republic Kryštof Bogar Czech Republic Vojtěch Stránský
2021 Finland Samuel Pokala Czech Republic Jiří Hradil Anton Foliforov* *Neutral athlete from Russia

Women

Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2017 United Kingdom Emily Benham Russia Olga Vinogradova France Gaëlle Barlet
2018 Denmark Camilla Soegaard Czech Republic Martina Tichovská Austria Sonja Zinkl
2019 United Kingdom Emily Benham Kvale Denmark Camilla Soegaard Russia Anastasiya Svir
2021 Svetlana Foliforova* Finland Mervi Pesu Czech Republic Martina Tichovská *Neutral athlete from Russia

Relay

Men

Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2002 France France Czech Republic Czech Republic Finland Finland
2004 Finland Finland Czech Republic Czech Republic Australia Australia
2005 Finland Finland France France Switzerland Switzerland
2006 Finland Finland Russia Russia Switzerland Switzerland
2007 France France Czech Republic Czech Republic Denmark Denmark
2008 Denmark Denmark Russia Russia Czech Republic Czech Republic
2009 Russia Russia Czech Republic Czech Republic Finland Finland
2010 Russia Russia Denmark Denmark Czech Republic Czech Republic
2011 Denmark Denmark Czech Republic Czech Republic Finland Finland
2012 Finland Finland Russia Russia Austria Austria
2013 Czech Republic Czech Republic Finland Finland Estonia Estonia
2014 Estonia Estonia Finland Finland France France
2015 Austria Austria Russia Russia Finland Finland
2016 Czech Republic Czech Republic Russia Russia France France
2017 Czech Republic Czech Republic Finland Finland Russia Russia
2018 Russia Russia Sweden Sweden Czech Republic Czech Republic
2019 Russia Russia Czech Republic Czech Republic Finland Finland
2021 Finland Finland Neutral* Switzerland Switzerland *Neutral team from Russia

Women

Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2002 Finland Finland France France Czech Republic Czech Republic
2004 Finland Finland Austria Austria Australia Australia
2005 Germany Germany Czech Republic Czech Republic France France
2006 Russia Russia Finland Finland Czech Republic Czech Republic
2007 Finland Finland Russia Russia Austria Austria
2008 Finland Finland Russia Russia Austria Austria
2009 Austria Austria Switzerland Switzerland Russia Russia
2010 Denmark Denmark Finland Finland Czech Republic Czech Republic
2011 Switzerland Switzerland Lithuania Lituania Slovakia Slovakia
2012 Finland Finland Switzerland Switzerland Slovakia Slovakia
2013 Finland Finland Denmark Denmark Switzerland Switzerland
2014 Russia Russia Finland Finland Czech Republic Czech Republic
2015 Finland Finland Russia Russia Czech Republic Czech Republic
2016 Finland Finland Russia Russia Czech Republic Czech Republic
2017 Finland Finland France France Russia Russia
2018 Czech Republic Czech Republic Russia Russia Finland Finland
2019 Russia Russia Finland Finland Sweden Sweden
2021 Denmark Denmark Finland Finland Neutral* *Neutral team from Russia

References

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