This is a list of medalists from the World Orienteering Championships in women's orienteering.
Individual/Classic/Long This event was called "Individual" from 1966 to 1989 and "Classic distance" from 1991 to 2001. Since 2003 it is called "Long distance".
Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls 1966 Ulla Lindkvist Katharina Perch-Nielsen Raila Hovi 6.6 km, 6 controls 1968 Ulla Lindkvist Ingrid Hadler Kerstin Granstedt 7.8 km, 10 controls 1970 Ingrid Hadler Ulla Lindkvist Kristin Danielsen 7.5 km, 10 controls 1972 Sarolta Monspart Pirjo Seppä Birgitta Larsson 7.1 km, 12 controls 1974 Mona Nørgaard Kristin Cullmann Outi Borgenström 7.9 km, 14 controls 1976 Liisa Veijalainen Kristin Cullmann Anne Lundmark 8.9 km, 16 controls 1978 Anne Berit Eid Liisa Veijalainen Wenche Jacobsen 8.6 km, 14 controls 1979 Outi Borgenström Liisa Veijalainen Monica Andersson 8.3 km, 10 controls 1981 Annichen Kringstad Brit Volden Karin Rabe 8.7 km, 12 controls 1983 Annichen Kringstad Marita Skogum Annariitta Kottonen 8.1 km, 18 controls 1985 Annichen Kringstad Brit Volden Christina Blomqvist 8.4 km, 14 controls 1987 Arja Hannus Karin Rabe Jana Galíková 8.8 km, 15 controls 1989 Marita Skogum Jana Galíková Alīda Ābola 9.7 km, 15 controls 1991 Katalin Oláh Christina Blomqvist Jana Galíková 10.5 km, 16 controls 1993 Marita Skogum Annika Viilo Yvette Hague 8.6 km, 14 controls 1995 Katalin Oláh Yvette Hague Eija Koskivaara 9.7 km, 21 controls 1997 Hanne Staff Katarina Borg Hanne Sandstad 8.7 km, 17 controls 1999 Kirsi Boström Hanne Staff Johanna Asklöf 10.3 km, 18 controls 2001 Simone Luder Marika Mikkola Reeta-Mari Kolkkala 9.7 km, 17 controls 2003 Simone Luder Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard Brigitte Wolf 11.8 km, 19 controls 2004 Karolina A Höjsgaard Hanne Staff Marika Mikkola 11.0 km, 25 controls 2005 Simone Niggli-Luder Heli Jukkola Vroni König Salmi 8.8 km, 21 controls 2006 Simone Niggli-Luder Marianne Andersen Dana Brožková 11.7 km, 24 controls 2007 Minna Kauppi Heli Jukkola Simone Niggli-Luder 11.95 km, 23 controls 2008 Dana Brožková Marianne Andersen Annika Billstam 11.9 km, 24 controls 2009 Simone Niggli-Luder Marianne Andersen Minna Kauppi 11.8 km, 27 controls 2010 Simone Niggli-Luder Marianne Andersen Emma Claesson 9.9 km, 23 controls 2011 Annika Billstam Dana Brožková Helena Jansson 10.3 km, 21 controls 2012 Simone Niggli-Luder Minna Kauppi Annika Billstam 12.4 km, 23 controls 2013 Simone Niggli-Luder Tove Alexandersson Lena Eliasson 13.9 km, 23 controls 2014 Svetlana Mironova Tove Alexandersson Judith Wyder 11 km, 23 controls 2015 Ida Bobach Mari Fasting Svetlana Mironova 9.7 km, 19 controls 2016 Tove Alexandersson Natalia Gemperle Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg 11.2 km, 18 controls 2017 Tove Alexandersson Maja Alm Natalia Gemperle 11.4 km, 20 controls 2018 Tove Alexandersson Maja Alm Sabine Hauswirth 9.9 km, 18 controls 2019 Tove Alexandersson Lina Strand Simona Aebersold 11.7 km, 21 controls 2021 Tove Alexandersson Natalia Gemperle Simona Aebersold 9.5 km, 21 controls 2023 Simona Aebersold Tove Alexandersson Andrine Benjaminsen 11.0 km, 23 controls 2025 Simona Aebersold Tove Alexandersson Andrine Benjaminsen 13.3 km, 23 controls
Short/Middle This event was first held in 1991. The format was changed and renamed "Middle Distance" in 2003 with the introduction of the Sprint discipline.
Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls Short distance 1991 Jana Cieslarová Ada Kuchařová Marita Skogum 5.5 km, 9 controls 1993 Anna Bogren Marita Skogum Eija Koskivaara 3.7 km, 11 controls 1995 Marie-Luce Romanens Yvette Hague Marlena Jansson Anna Bogren 4.6 km, 14 controls 1997 Lucie Böhm Hanne Sandstad Hanne Staff Marie-Luce Romanens 3.3 km, 13 controls 1999 Yvette Baker Lucie Böhm Frauke Schmitt Gran 3.6 km, 13 controls 2001 Hanne Staff Jenny Johansson Gunilla Svärd 3.6 km, 11 controls Middle distance 2003 Simone Luder Hanne Staff Heli Jukkola 4.5 km, 18 controls 2004 Hanne Staff Tatiana Ryabkina Heli Jukkola 5.3 km, 16 controls 2005 Simone Niggli-Luder Jenny Johansson Minna Kauppi 4.1 km, 13 controls 2006 Simone Niggli-Luder Marianne Andersen Tatiana Ryabkina 5.2 km, 22 controls 2007 Simone Niggli-Luder Heli Jukkola Marianne Andersen 5.08 km, 14 controls 2008 Minna Kauppi Vroni König-Salmi Radka Brožková 4.8 km, 23 controls 2009 Dana Brožková Marianne Andersen Simone Niggli-Luder 5.34 km, 22 controls 2010 Minna Kauppi Simone Niggli-Luder Marianne Andersen 4.53 km, 16 controls 2011 Helena Jansson Ida Bobach Judith Wyder 3.8 km, 16 controls 2012 Minna Kauppi Tove Alexandersson Tatiana Ryabkina 5.5 km, 18 controls 2013 Simone Niggli-Luder Tove Alexandersson Merja Rantanen 5.0 km, 15 controls 2014 Annika Billstam Ida Bobach Tove Alexandersson 5.0 km, 16 controls 2015 Annika Billstam Merja Rantanen Emma Johansson 5.3 km, 21 controls 2016 Tove Alexandersson Heidi Bagstevold Natalia Gemperle 5.1 km, 21 controls 2017 Tove Alexandersson Marianne Andersen Venla Harju 5.1 km, 21 controls 2018 Natalia Gemperle Marika Teini Isia Basset 4.8 km, 17 controls 2019 Tove Alexandersson Simona Aebersold Venla Harju Natalia Gemperle 5.5 km, 20 controls 2021 Tove Alexandersson Andrine Benjaminsen Simona Aebersold 4.5 km, 20 controls 2023 Tove Alexandersson Natalia Gemperle Hanna Lundberg 4.8 km, 19 controls 2025 Tove Alexandersson Sanna Fast Hanna Lundberg 5 km, 16 controls
Sprint This event was first held in 2001.
Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls 2001 Vroni König-Salmi Johanna Asklöf Simone Luder 2.24 km, 10 controls 2003 Simone Luder Marie-Luce Romanens Jenny Johansson 2.6 km, 17 controls 2004 Simone Niggli-Luder Karolina A Höjsgaard Elisabeth Ingvaldsen 2.6 km, 11 controls 2005 Simone Niggli-Luder Anne Margrethe Hausken Heather Monro 2.1 km, 12 controls 2006 Hanny Allston Simone Niggli-Luder Kajsa Nilsson 2.7 km, 15 controls 2007 Simone Niggli-Luder Minna Kauppi Lena Eliasson 2.47 km, 14 controls 2008 Anne Margrethe Hausken Minna Kauppi Helena Jansson 2.5 km, 17 controls 2009 Helena Jansson Linnéa Gustafsson Simone Niggli-Luder 2.6 km, 18 controls 2010 Simone Niggli-Luder Helena Jansson Marianne Andersen 2.6 km, 21 controls 2011 Linnea Gustafsson Helena Jansson Lena Eliasson 2.2 km, 19 controls 2012 Simone Niggli-Luder Maja Alm Annika Billstam 3.7 km, 19 controls 2013 Simone Niggli-Luder Annika Billstam Venla Niemi 3.4 km, 21 controls 2014 Judith Wyder Tove Alexandersson Maja Alm 4.05 km, 18 controls 2015 Maja Alm Nadiya Volynska Galina Vinogradova 3.8 km, 21 controls 2016 Maja Alm Judith Wyder Anastasia Denisova 3.6 km, 20 controls 2017 Maja Alm Natalia Gemperle Galina Vinogradova 3.4 km, 13 controls 2018 Maja Alm Tove Alexandersson Judith Wyder 3.8 km, 17 controls 2021 Tove Alexandersson Natalia Gemperle Maja Alm 3.5 km, 20 controls 2022 Megan Carter Davies Simona Aebersold Alice Leake 3.8 km, 19 controls 2024 Tove Alexandersson Simona Aebersold Natalia Gemperle 3.8 km, 18 controls 2026 Simona Aebersold Pia Young Vik Lucie Dittrichová 3.2 km, 19 controls
Knock-out Sprint This event was first held in 2022.
Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls 2022 Tove Alexandersson Megan Carter Davies Eef van Dongen 2.4 km, 11 controls 2024 Tove Alexandersson Karolin Ohlsson Simona Aebersold 2026 Tereza Rauturier Karolin Ohlsson Pia Young Vik 1.9 km, 11 controls
Relay Year Gold Silver Bronze 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2025
Medal table Women's orienteering. Does not include mixed events. Updated following the 2026 World Orienteering Championships.
Multiple medalists Updated following the 2025 World Orienteering Championships. Rank Athlete Country From To Gold Silver BronzeTotal 1 Tove Alexandersson 2011 2025 23 10 3 36 2 Simone Niggli 2001 2013 23 2 6 31 3 Minna Kauppi 2004 2013 9 5 3 17 4 Maja Alm 2012 2021 7 7 3 17 5 Marita Skogum 1983 1993 6 3 1 10 6 Annichen Kringstad 1981 1985 6 - - 6 7 Judith Wyder 2011 2018 5 3 4 12 8 Helena Bergman 2012 2018 4 6 8 18 9 Hanne Staff 1997 2004 4 4 4 12 10 Liisa Veijalainen 1972 1981 4 4 - 8
Best performers by country Including mixed events. Updated to following the 2025 World Orienteering Championships Country Athlete From To Gold Silver BronzeTotal Tove Alexandersson 2011 2025 23 10 3 36 Simone Niggli-Luder 2001 2013 23 2 6 31 Minna Kauppi 2004 2013 9 5 3 17 Maja Alm 2012 2021 7 7 3 17 Hanne Staff(by the gold first ranking system) 1997 2004 4 4 4 12 Marianne Andersen(by total number of medals) 2005 2023 1 9 5 15 Natalia Gemperle 2016 2021 2 4 5 11 Dana Brožková 2006 2011 2 2 1 5 Katalin Oláh(by the gold first ranking system) 1991 1995 2 - - 2 Sarolta Monspart(by total number of medals) 1970 1976 1 1 1 3 Yvette Baker 1993 1999 1 2 1 4 Jana Cieslarová 1989 1995 1 1 3 5 (as such only) Jana Cieslarová 1989 1991 1 1 1 3 Lucie Böhm* 1997 1999 1 1 - 2 Hanny Allston* 2006 2006 1 - - 1 Nadiya Volynska* 2015 2015 - 1 - 1 Anastasia Denisova* 2016 2016 - - 1 1 Frauke Schmitt Gran* 1999 1999 - - 1 1 Isia Basset* 2018 2018 - - 1 1 Eef van Dongen* 2022 2022 - - 1 1 Alīda Ābola* 1989 1989 - - 1 1
An asterisk (*) marks athletes who are the only representatives of their respective countries to win a medal.
References
External links International Orienteering Federation World Orienteering Championships, senior statistics 1966–2005