Birgitta Larsson

For the track athlete and radio personality, see Birgitta Larsson-Tollan.

Birgitta Larsson

Personal information
Born	4 October 1941 (1941-10-04) (age 83)
Sport
Sport	Orienteering
Medal record Representing  Sweden World Championships 1970 Friedrichroda Relay 1972 Doksy Relay 1972 Doksy Individual 1974 Silkeborg Relay

Birgitta Larsson (born 4 October 1941) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She won two world titles as a member of Swedish relay teams in 1970 and 1974;^[1][2] in 1972 she won an individual bronze and a team silver medal.^[3] She continued winning medals at world championships through the 2000s in the masters category.^[4]

Larsson started competing in 1961. She has seven siblings, three of whom also compete in orienteering, together with her husband and 13-14 nephews and nieces. She is a cartographer by profession.^[4]

References

1. World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966–2006 Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 3 December 2007)
2. "World Orienteering Championships 1974". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
3. "World Orienteering Championships 1972". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
4. Manuel Dias. (9 November 2007) Birgitta Olsson, W65, SWE. wmoc2008.fpo.pt