European Universities Orienteering Championship

Olomouc, Czech Republic
July 24-27, 2019

The very first European Universities Orienteering Championship took place in Olomouc, Czech Republic, with over 150 participants representing 50 Universities from 19 countries taking part in the maiden edition of the event.

The beautiful historical area of Korunni Pevnustka warmly welcomed all the athletes, officials, organisers and friends of academic sports, who participated in the three-day event which comprised of three separate races: sprint, middle distance and relay.

The competition was organised by Palacky University Olomouc together with the Czech Association of University Sports.

Present at the event on behalf of EUSA was EUSA Control Commission Chair Mr Piotr Marszal and Orienteering Technical Delegate Mr Dusan Vystavel.



Following the conclusion of all three competitions, it was Switzerland’s Zurich University of Applied Sciences that earned the gold medal in the Mixed Team Competition, followed by the Czech Republic’s University Palacky Olomouc in second.

There was a three-way tie for third place, as Brno University of Technology from Czech Republic, Hungary’s Budapest University of Technology and Economics and Latvian Academy of Sport Education from Latvia shared the bronze medal. 



The next European Universities Orienteering Championships will take place in St Gallen, Switzerland in 2021, just after the very first Orienteering Competition at the fifth edition of the European Universities Games in Belgrade, Serbia.

Please visit www.orienteering2019.eusa.eu for more information.

FINAL STANDINGS

Mixed Team
1 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (SUI)
2 University Palacky Olomouc (CZE)
3 Brno University of Technology (CZE)
3 Budapest University of Technology and Economics (HUN)
3 Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LAT)

INDIVIDUAL GOLD MEDALLISTS

Men

SPRINT COMPETITION
1 Riccardo Rancan, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (SUI)

MIDDLE DISTANCE COMPETITION
1 Petr Horvat, Brno University of Technology (CZE)

RELAY COMPETITION
1 Hellmuller & Schonleber, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (SUI)

Women

SPRINT COMPETITION
1 Tereza Janosikova, University Palacky Olomouc (CZE)

MIDDLE DISTANCE COMPETITION
1 Tereza Janosikova, University Palacky Olomouc (CZE)

RELAY COMPETITION
1 Muller & Stadler, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (SUI)

MIXED RELAY COMPETITION
1 Janosikova & Schuster, University Palacky Olomouc (CZE)