Thierry Gueorgiou

Thierry Gueorgiou

Thierry Gueorgiou at the World Cup event in Norway 2007.
Medal record
Competitor for  France
Men's Orienteering
World Championships
2003 Rapperswil/Jona Middle
2004 Västerås Middle
2005 Aichi Middle
2007 Kiev Middle
2007 Kiev Sprint
2008 Olomouc Middle
2009 Miskolc Middle
2011 Savoie Middle
2011 Savoie Long
2011 Savoie Relay
2013 Vuokatti Long
2014 Asiago-Lavarone Long
2015 Inverness Long
2005 Aichi Relay
2009 Miskolc Long
2003 Rapperswil-Jona Sprint
2010 Trondheim Middle
2010 Trondheim Long
World Games
2005 Duisburg Middle
World Cup
2006 WC Overall
2007 WC Overall
2005 WC Overall
2008 WC Overall
2009 WC Overall
2011 WC Overall
2010 WC Overall
European Championships
2004 Roskilde Middle
2006 Otepää Middle
2008 Ventspils Middle
2010 Primorsko Relay
World University Championships
2000 Roanne Short
2000 Roanne Long
2000 Roanne Relay
2002 Varna Short
2002 Varna Relay
Junior World Championships
1998 Reims Long
1999 Varna Relay
1998 Reims Relay
1999 Varna Short

Thierry Gueorgiou (French pronunciation: ​[tjɛʁi ʒɔʁʒu];[1] born 30 March 1979[2]) is a French orienteer who has won more than 20 gold medals in international competitions, including the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) middle distance event seven times: 2003–2005, 2007–2009 and 2011.

Thierry Gueorgiou and Simone Niggli-Luder, WOC 2007 middle distance champions

Clubs

Gueorgiou runs for two orienteering clubs, the French NO St-Etienne[3] and the Finnish Kalevan Rasti.[2] With Kalevan Rasti he has won the Jukola Relay five times (2004, 2005, 2007, 2013 and 2014).

Running for Fédération Française de Course d'Orientation, he made his senior international debut at WOC 1997 in Grimstad, Norway, at the age of 18.

World Orienteering Championships

Gueorgiou was a member of the French relay team at WOC 2008 in Olomouc, Czech Republic. While running in a clear lead on the third leg, he suffered a bee sting on the back of his tongue. He left the course to go directly to the finish, where he collapsed, barely able to breathe. He was transported by helicopter to a hospital.[4][5]

Martin Johansson 2009 WOC injury

At WOC 2009 in Miskolc, Hungary, during the last leg of the relay race Gueorgiou, Anders Nordberg (Norway), and Michal Smola (Czech Republic) were close behind the lead runner, Martin Johansson (Sweden), when Johansson suffered a 12 cm deep penetrating trauma from a stick in his right thigh. While Nordberg ran for help, Gueorgiou and Smola stayed with Johansson. Gueorgiou pulled out the stick, then applied compression to the wound using his own shirt and GPS tracking harness. Gueorgiou and Smola then carried Johansson to a road. Nordberg brought a physician there.[6][7]

European Championships

Gueorgiou was the 2006 European champion in trail orienteering, and is noted for his technical expertise.[2]

Personal life

Gueorgiou's nickname is Tero and he is commonly known as Tero Kettunen in Finland and Terje Gundersen in Norway.[6] He lives in St. Étienne,[2] France, where he studies biology.[3]

References

  1. ↑ How Thierry Gueorgiou pronounces his name
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Profile: Thierry Gueorgiou". runners.worldofo.com. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
  3. 1 2 "Thierry Gueorgiou". tero1.free.fr. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
  4. ↑ John McCullough (2008-07-28). "High drama at the WOC Relay". The Irish Orienteer. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  5. ↑ "Cruel bee sting costs French world orienteering title". CzechNews. 2008-07-21. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  6. 1 2 Thierry Gueorgiou (2009-08-27). "25th in WOC relay…". Thierry Gueorgiou. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  7. ↑ Martin Johansson (2009-08-26). "The WOC-relay and the days after". Retrieved 2009-09-08.

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