O-HISTORY of LITHUANIA

 

1960 1- si individual races
1961- 1- st foot-orienteering championship
1962- 1- st High schools championship
1963- Lithuanian team win the 1-  st Soviet union championship
The 1- st Lithuanian orienteering book
1964- 1- st Baltic students championship in Trakai
1966- Sports Masters ( High Results achievement name in Soviet union ) grade
1967- 1- st o- ski championship
1970- 1- st Multi days competitions
1974- 1- st Soviet union school-pupils competitions
1975- 1- st Lithuanian Cup ( Juodkrantė )
1978- Was established orienteering federation
1979- 1- st Orienteering sport school in Kaunas
1980- 1- st color map was useded in Lithuanian championship
1982- O- ski championship used coursed trases
1985- Was open orienteering specialisation in Kaunas Sport Academy
1987- 1- st Lithuanian sportswomen ( D. Girinskaitė - Mansson ) take part in World o-championship in France
1988- Debut of Lithuanian national team in international competition in Hungary
1990- 1- st competitions in Sprint course in Lithuanian championship
1991- Lithuanian Orienteering Federation become a member of IOF
1- st clubs teams championship
1- st O- ski championship used special map ( for o- ski )
1- st Sprint course in o- ski championship
1992- In O- ringen taken part about 1000 orienteerings from Lithuania
Debut of National team in o- ski World Championship in France
Deaf team - 2 place in the European championship
1- st o-trail competition
1993- Debut in foot orienteering World championship in USA
1994- 1- st "computers" map used in national championchip
Military world championship. Women team - 3 place
Rimas Mikaitis was elected in IOF
1995- N. Šulčys- 6 place in o-ski World Cup
1996- World Cup Nr. 1 in foot-o in Juodkrantė. E. Voveris - 5 place, first electronic punching- Rengly
European Deaf championship. T. Kuzminskis - 2 gold medals, A. Kubaitis, K. Remeika- 1-gold medal
1997- World school- pupils cempionships ( Italy ). J. Žilinskaitė - 1-st. place
Olimpic Deaf Games. T. Kuzminskis - 1 place, man team - 3 place
1998- World o- ski championship ( Austria ). N. Šulčys - 2 place
1999- World foot- o championship (Scotland ). Man and women teams - 6 place
2000- World military championship. Women team - 1 place
1- st European foot-o championship. G. Voverienė - 5 place
World Junior championship. E. Sargautytė- 6 place
S. Krepšta - European champion in class H- 16
2001- World Master Championship in foot- o take place in Lithuania ( Juodkrantė)
Junior World Championship. E. Sargautytė - 2 place
T. Kuzminskis - parolimpic champion.
Information by LOSF - Lithuanian Orienteering Federation
2006- JWOC in Druskininkai.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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