Mikkel Lund
Encyclopedia
Mikkel Lund is a Danish orienteering
competitor.
He won a bronze medal with the Danish relay team at the 2002 European Orienteering Championships
. At the 2006 World Orienteering Championships
he placed 8th in the relay with the Danish team. Lund lives in Oslo
and represents the club Bækkelagets SK
, where he also works as a coach.
Orienteering
Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they...
competitor.
He won a bronze medal with the Danish relay team at the 2002 European Orienteering Championships
European Orienteering Championships
The European Orienteering Championships were first held in 1962. They have been held biennially since 2000.The current championship events are:* Relay - for three-person teams* Long distance* Middle distance* Sprint-Host towns/cities:...
. At the 2006 World Orienteering Championships
World Orienteering Championships
The World Orienteering Championships were first held in 1966. They were held biennially up to 2003 . Since 2003, competitions have been held annually....
he placed 8th in the relay with the Danish team. Lund lives in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
and represents the club Bækkelagets SK
Bækkelagets SK
Bækkelagets Sportsklub is a Norwegian sports club from Bekkelaget in southern Oslo, founded in 1909. The club has sections for skiing , orienteering, handball, football, floorball and track and field athletics...
, where he also works as a coach.