Jamie Stevenson

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Jamie Stevenson
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Stevenson at the World Orienteering Championships 2008
Medal record
Representing  United Kingdom
Men's Orienteering
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Rapperswil/Jona Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2008 Olomouc Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Rapperswil-Jona Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Aarhus Middle
World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Akita Short
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Otepää Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Sümeg Middle
Nordic Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Mikkeli Relay
Silver medal – second place 2003 Flen Sprint

Jamie Stevenson (born March 25, 1975)[1] is a British orienteering champion. He appeared on the TV sports quiz They Think It's All Over in 2003 after winning the gold medal in the sprint distance at the World Orienteering Championships.

He was the first and, to-date, the only British male orienteering world champion (Yvette Baker won the short distance race at the 1999 world championships).

Jamie won a second individual world championship medal in Denmark in 2006, with a third place in the middle distance category.

Jamie also holds two world relay medals running the anchor leg for Great Britain in 2003 to take Bronze (with Dan Marsden and Jon Duncan) and Gold in 2008 with Graham Gristwood and Jon Duncan.

Originally from Scotland,[2] Jamie has also raced for Swedish and Danish clubs. While living in Sweden he won the Swedish long distance championships. He now lives in Denmark. At international level he was a member of the British relay team which won the prestigious Nordic Championships in 2001, the relay bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships in Switzerland and the relay gold medal at the 2008 World Championships. In 2006 Jamie won the Danish 4 km Short Course Cross Country Championships held in Helsingør.

Jamie studied at the University of Sheffield

References

  1. Profile: Jamie StevensonWorld of O Runners (Retrieved on July 11, 2008)
  2. British team: Jamie StevensonBritish Orienteering Federation (Retrieved on July 11, 2008)