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Ski Orienteering is one of the few winter sports on the World University Championships sports programme. Its first edition was held in 2016 in Tula, Russian Federation and was immediately a hit. Combining orienteering and cross-country skiing, it’s a very technical sport.

EVENTS World University Championship

All Events Ski Orienteering

2022
Jachymov (CZE)
22-26 Feb 2022
2019
Krasnoyarsk (RUS)
2-12 Mar 2019
2018
Tartu (EST)
21-25 Feb 2018
2016
Tula (RUS)
11-16 Feb 2016

Ski Orienteering

FISU Technical Committee Chair

Markku VAUHKONEN

Valentin GARKOV (BUL)

International Federation

International Orienteering Federation

FISU Regulations

You can download the latest version here.

The History of Ski Orienteering in FISU

Further to a long-lasting cooperation between FISU and the International Orienteering Federation (IOF), Ski Orienteering entered the programme of the World University Championships officially in 2013. The first event in the discipline will be held in 2016 in the region of Tula, in the Russian Federation.

Statistics WUC Ski Orienteering

Edition

Year

Country

City

N° of Countries

M

W

Athletes

Officials

Total

1

2016

RUS

Tula

12

29

25

54

14

68

2

2018

EST

Tartu

14

36

36

72

18

9