Ann-Marie Wallsten, Date of Birth

    

Ann-Marie Wallsten

orienteer

Date of Birth: 21-Aug-1943

Profession: orienteer

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Ann-Marie Wallsten

  • Ann-Marie Wallsten is a Swedish orienteering competitor and European champion.
  • She won a silver medal in the individual event and a gold medal in the relay event at the 1964 European Orienteering Championships in Le Brassus, Switzerland.Wallsten won a gold medal at the 1964 Swedish orienteering championships, winning the relay with the club IF Goterna.
  • She was selected to represent Sweden at the European Championships in Switzerland in September.
  • In 1964 the European Championships were the top international orienteering events; from 1966 they were replaced by the World Championships and held every second year over the next decennium.
  • The competition terrain in Le Brassus in 1964 consisted of a mixture of spruce forests and open grazing land at an altitude between 1,300 and 1,700 metres.
  • The maps prepared for the competitions were special editions of Swiss military maps of scale 1:25,000.
  • The women's individual contest was held on Saturday, 26 September.
  • The course had a length of 8.1 kilometers and ten control points.
  • Wallsten finished second in the race, behind Margrit Thommen from Switzerland.
  • In the relay contest the next day, the Swedish team won gold medals, winning with a time margin of forty minutes ahead of the Swiss team.
  • The Swedish winning team consisted of Wallsten, Eivor Steen-Olsson and Ulla Lindkvist.

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