Simona Aebersold

Simona Aebersold (born 13 April 1998)[1] is a Swiss orienteering competitor. She is the daughter of Christian Aebersold, who won the World Orienteering Championships 3 times.[2]

Simona Aebersold
Medal record
Representing   Switzerland
Women's orienteering
World Championships
2019 Østfold Middle
2019 Østfold Relay
2019 Østfold Long
European Championships
2018 Ticino Middle
Junior World Championships
2018 Kecskemet Long
2018 Kecskemet Sprint
2017 Tampere Sprint
2017 Tampere Middle
2017 Tampere Long
2016 Engadin Sprint
2016 Engadin Middle
2016 Engadin Relay
2015 Rauland Sprint
2017 Tampere Relay
2015 Rauland Relay

Career

Aebersold dominated the Junior World Championships between 2015 and 2018, achieving her first gold medal at the age of 17 in the Sprint distance. She won every Junior World sprint event for the next four years, as well as medalling in three relay events, with two silvers and one gold.

In 2017, Aebersold won all 3 individual golds and a further medal in the relay, matching the feat achieved the same year by Finnish runner Olli Ojanaho in the men's class.[3]

At the start of 2018, Aebersold won her first medal at a senior level in the European Championships, despite still being a junior and eligible to compete at the Junior World Championships. She won the Bronze in the Middle behind Swedish world champion Tove Alexandersson and Marika Teini from Finland.[4]

In 2019, at her first World Orienteering Championships appearance, Aebersold won the bronze medal in the long distance after Alexandersson and Lina Strand. She also won second place in the middle distance race, 5 seconds behind Alexandersson.

References
  1. "IOF Eventor: Simona Aebersold". eventor.orienteering.org.
  2. http://www.jwoc2016.ch/news/jwoc-2015/simona-aebersold/
  3. "JWOC 2017 Long: Maps and Results". worldofo.com.
  4. "- IOF World Ranking". ranking.orienteering.org.
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