Monica Andersson
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Monica Andersson is a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 orienteering
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
Competition
Competition is a contest between individuals, groups, animals, etc. for territory, a niche, or a location of resources. It arises whenever two and only two strive for a goal which cannot be shared. Competition occurs naturally between living organisms which co-exist in the same environment. For...

. She is Relay World Champion
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....

 from 1974, as a member of the Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 winning team (with Birgitta Larsson
Birgitta Larsson
Birgitta Larsson is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She is a two times Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1970 and 1974, as well as having a silver medal from 1972. She won bronze in the Individual World Championship in 1972....

 and Kristin Cullman
Kristin Cullman
Kristin Cullmann is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She is two times Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1974 and 1976, as well as having a silver medal from 1978. She obtained silver in the Individual World Championships in 1974 and 1976.-References:...

). At the 1979 World Championships she won an individual bronze medal as well as a bronze medal in the relay (with Anna-Lena Axelsson
Anna-Lena Axelsson
Anna-Lena Axelsson is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She received a bronze medal in the relay event at the 1979 World Orienteering Championships in Tampere, together with Karin Rabe and Monica Andersson.-References:...

 and Karin Rabe
Karin Rabe
Karin Rabe is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She is four times Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1989, as well as having silver medals from 1978 and 1987, and a bronze medal from 1979. She obtained silver in the Individual World Championship...

).
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