Yvette (Hague) Baker ( born Yvette ( Hague ) Baker , 1968 , born in USA ) is a British orienteer , champion of the world in orienteering , [1] the first Briton to win a medal in world orienteering championships.
 Yvette Baker | ||
|---|---|---|
| Orienteering | ||
| World Championship | ||
| Gold | Inverness 1999 | Short |
| Silver | Detmold 1995 | Classic |
| Silver | Detmold 1995 | Short |
| Bronze | West Point 1993 | Classic |
| Europe championship | ||
| Bronze | Truskavets 2000 | Classic |
| Bronze | Truskavets 2000 | Relay race |
World and European Championships
Yvette Baker, nee Haig [1] , is currently the most titled British orienteer. At 15, she was included in the relay team at the 1983 World Cup in Hungary. [2] Probably the youngest participant in the history of orienteering world championships.
Over the next championships, I regularly got into the top ten, but could not “catch” on the prize places. This continued until 1993, when Yvette won the bronze medal at the classic distance. [3] This medal was the first medal won by orienteers from foggy Albion at the World Championships. [four]
In total, from 1983 to 2001, Yvette participated in 11 world championships and won four medals, [4] one of which is gold - she won a short distance at the 1999 World Inverness Home Championships. [5]
At the third European Championships in Truskavets in 2000, she won two bronze medals. Yvette was the third in the classic distance and in the relay race as part of the women's team of Great Britain. [6]
Club career
Like most orienteers from the world elite stands for Scandinavian clubs. In 1996, as part of the Norwegian club, Bäkkelagets SK won the prestigious Finnish relay race Venla . [7] The following year she was able to repeat her success by winning the Venla relay race with her club for the second time in a row. [8]
Yvette was born in the United States, grew up in the UK, and lived in Denmark for a long time. After completing a career, she moved to New Zealand.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Profile: Yvette (Hague) Baker . runners.worldofo.com . Date of treatment February 16, 2009. Archived February 23, 2011.
- ↑ WOC 1983 Results . IOF. Date of treatment February 20, 2009. Archived March 26, 2012.
- ↑ WOC 1993. Results . - Statistics of the World Cup 1993. Date of treatment February 16, 2009. Archived February 22, 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 . Date of treatment February 16, 2009. Archived February 22, 2011.
- ↑ WOC 1999. Results . - Statistics of the World Cup 1999. Date of treatment February 16, 2009. Archived February 22, 2011.
- ↑ European Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1962-1964, 2000-2004 . Date of treatment February 16, 2009. Archived February 22, 2011.
- ↑ Jukola 1996, Venlojen Viesti. Final results - Results of the Venla relay race 1996. Date of treatment February 16, 2009. Archived February 22, 2011.
- ↑ Jukola 1997, Venlojen Viesti. Final results - Venl Relay Relay Results 1997. Date of access February 16, 2009. Archived February 22, 2011.