Thierry Gueorgiou

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Thierry Gueorgiou at the World Cup event in Norway 2007.
Thierry Gueorgiou at the World Cup event in Norway 2007.

Thierry Gueorgiou (born March 30, 1979) is a French orienteer who won the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) middle distance event for 3 years in a row (2003-2005) and again in 2007.

He lives in St. Etienne, France, where he studies Biology. Gueorgiou runs for the French club NO St-Etienne and the Finnish club Kalevan Rasti. He has won the Jukola Relay three times (2004, 2005 and 2007) with Kalevan Rasti.

Gueorgiou has run in the last 8 world championships. He made his French senior international debut at WOC 1997 in Grimstad, Norway, at the age of 18.

[edit] Main results

World Orienteering Championships


European Orienteering Championships

  • Gold, Middle Distance, 2004 Denmark
  • Gold, Middle Distance, 2006 Estonia
  • Gold, Middle Distance, 2008 Latvia


Orienteering World Cup

  • Gold, Sprint Distance, 2007 Ukraine
  • Gold, Middle Distance, 2007 Ukraine
  • Gold, Sprint Distance, 2007 Sweden
  • Gold, Middle Distance, 2007 Sweden
  • Gold, Middle Distance, 2007 Norway
  • Gold, Sprint Distance, 2007 Finland
  • First, Overall Individual World Cup 2006
  • Gold, Middle Distance, 2006 France
  • Gold, Long Distance, 2006 France
  • Gold, Sprint Distance, 2006 France
  • Gold, Middle Distance, 2006 Estonia
  • First, Overall Relay World Cup 2005
  • Second, Overall Individual World Cup 2005
  • Silver, Middle Distance, 2005 Great Britain
  • Gold, Relay Event, 2005 Great Britain
  • Silver, Sprint Distance, 2002 Norway
  • Silver, Relay Event, 2005 Italy
  • Bronze, Sprint Distance, 2005 Italy
  • Bronze, Middle Distance, 2005 Italy


World Games

  • Gold, Middle Distance, 2005 Germany


World University Orienteering Championships


Junior World Orienteering Championships