Södertälje-Nykvarn Orientering
Swedish orienteering club
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Södertälje-Nykvarn orientering is a Swedish orienteering club in Södertälje. Its activities are based in Tveta by the lake Måsnaren, just west to the town.[1]
History
It started in 1999 by merging the orienteering activities of three sports clubs: IFK Södertälje, Södertälje IF och Oxvretens SK. In 2011 it became an independent association.[1]
IFK Södertälje
Södertälje IF
Södertälje-Nykvarn orientering
As a merged club, it won the Tiomila relay in 2005 and in 2016.[3] In 2005 Petr Losman managed to pass Tore Sandvik from Halden SK on the arena.[5] In 2016 Andreu Blanes Reig got the lead on the fourth leg, which the kept until the ninth leg. Finally Jonas Leandersson managed to win with a margin of one meter.[6]
Leandersson won three World Championships (sprint, relay and sprint relay)[7][8] as well as the Swedish Championships in sprint in 2018.[9]
Other runners in the club are Michael Wehlin, Panu Piiparinen, Ivar Lundanes, Jon-Are Myhren and Matthias Gilgien and Katarina Borg.