GRAHAM GRISTWOOD
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I have been orienteering since before I can remember, and I started running to get better at orienteering. I have competed internationally since the age of 14 - I have been in the Great Britain team since I was 17, and the senior team since I was 20. I train mostly for orienteering, but I also do some fell running, cross country and road running sometimes.

My best results are winning the World Championships relay in 2008 with Jon Duncan and Jamie Stevenson, taking Silver in the World Cup Final 2010 and 9th overall in the World Cup 2010. Individual World Champs 9th in 2006 (sprint) and 2009 (long).

Orienteering Achievements

2010
World Orienteering Championships (Norway) Middle distance 13th, Sprint distance 14th, Relay 4th (2nd on 1st leg)
European Championships (Bulgaria) Middle distance 18th, Sprint distance 10th, Relay 6th (3rd on 3rd leg, out 9th, in 6th)
Nordic Orienteering Tour Middle/sprint 17th (Finland), Knockout sprint (Stockholm) 5th, Chasing middle (Norway) dnf
World Cup Final (Switzerland) Middle distance 14th, Sprint distance SILVER
World Cup 9th
World University Orienteering Champinships (Sweden) Middle distance BRONZE, Sprint distance 12th, Relay 8th
UK Cup GOLD
British Championships Middle distance SILVER (Haverthwaite), Sprint distance GOLD (Chorley)
JK Middle distance GOLD, Sprint distance GOLD, Relay GOLD (South West)
British Universities Champs SILVER (Forest of Dean)
Tiomila 7th (3rd on 8th leg, out 14th, in 7th)
Jukola
Smålandkavlen GOLD

2009
World Orienteering Championships (Hungary) Long distance 9th, Sprint distance 17nd, Relay 9th (? leg)
Nordic Championships (Finland) Middle distance 88th, Relay 14th
World Cup Final (Switzerland) Middle distance 21st, Sprint distance 9th
World Cup 23rd
UK Cup GOLD
British Championships Long distance SILVER (Forest of Dean), Middle distance SILVER (Leicester), Sprint distance SILVER (Nottingham), Relay BRONZE (New Forest)
Tiomila elitserien sprint 4th
Tiomila 8th (64th on 7th leg - lamp broke, out 8th, in 8th)

2008
World Orienteering Championships (Czech) Middle distance 26th, Sprint distance 22nd, Relay GOLD (4th on 1st leg)
European Championships (Latvia) Long distance 27th, Middle distance dnq, Sprint distance dnq, Relay 7th (5th on 1st leg)
World Cup (Norway) Long distance 25th, Middle distance 16th
World Cup (Sweden) Long distance 44th, Middle distance 13th, Sprint distance 56th
World Cup 29th
UK Cup 4th
British Championships
JK Long distance SILVER, Middle distance BRONZE, Sprint distance 5th, Overall SILVER, Relay ? (South East)
Forssa Games 8th
French 6 day SILVER
Jukola 11th (2nd on 1st leg)
Tiomila 13th (7th on 9th leg)

2007
World Orienteering Championships (Ukraine) Middle distance dnq, Sprint distance 12th, Relay 7th
Nordic Championships (Denmark) Long distance 48th, Middle distance 49th, Sprint distance 11th, Relay 6th
World Cup (Finland) Sprint distance 11th
World Cup (Sweden) Long distance 44th, Middle distance dnq, Sprint distance 27th
World Cup Final (Switzerland) Middle distance 29th, Sprint distance 20th World Cup 28th
UK Cup SILVER
British Championships Sprint distance GOLD 5th (Scarborough)
JK Long distance 4th, Middle distance GOLD, Sprint distance ?, Overall ?, Relay ? (Forest of Dean)

2006
World Orienteering Championships (Denmark) Sprint distance 9th
European Championships (Estonia) Long distance 35th, Middle distance 35th, Sprint distance 43rd, Relay ?
World University Orienteering Champinships (Slovakia) Middle distance 23rd, Sprint distance 12th, Relay 10th
World Cup (France) Long distance 31st, Middle distance 15th, Sprint distance 20th, Relay 6th
World Cup 27th
UK Cup BRONZE
British Championships Long distance SILVER (South East), Sprint distance GOLD (Milton Keynes), Relay ? (South East)
JK Long distance GOLD, Middle distance GOLD, Sprint distance GOLD, Overall GOLD, Relay ? (Yorkshire)
Forssa Games 14th

2005 (first year senior)
World Orienteering Championships (Japan) Middle distance dnq
World Cup (UK) Middle distance 33rd, Sprint distance 14th
World Cup (Italy) Long distance 55th, Middle distance 38th, Sprint distance dnq, Relay 13th
World Cup 61st
UK Cup GOLD
British Championships Middle distance SILVER, Sprint distance SILVER (Sandhurst)
JK Long distance 13th, Middle distance ?, Sprint distance ?, Relay ? (Cannock Chase)

2004
World Orienteering Championships (Sweden) Sprint distance 31st
World Cup 113th
Junior European Cup (UK) M20 Long distance SILVER, Relay GOLD
Junior World Championships (Poland) Long distance 26th, Middle distance 11th, Relay 11th
UK Cup 31st
British Championships M20 Long distance GOLD, Middle distance GOLD, M21 Relay BRONZE

2003
Junior World Championships (Estonia) Long distance 28th, Middle distance 1st place B-final, Relay 12th
British Championships M21 Sprint Distance 6th, M21 Relay GOLD

2002
Junior European Cup (Belgium) M18 Long distance BRONZE, Sprint distance SILVER
Junior World Championships (Spain) Long distance 100th, Middle distance 39th, Relay 16th
British Championships M20 Long Distance (Magilligan) GOLD, Middle Distance SILVER, Sprint Distance GOLD

2001
Junior European Cup (France) M18 Long distance BRONZE
British Championships M18 Long Distance (?) GOLD

Fell Running Achievements
2009 - FRA relays navigation leg fastest time by 5 minutes
2010 - FRA relays navigation leg fastest time by 4 minutes

Cross Country Achievements
Represented Surrey at junior level
Represented Warwickshire at senior level

Road/track Running Achievements
10km track (2008) 30:59
Half marathon (Stockholm, 2008) 69:59

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Smålandkavlen champions 2010

City of London Race 2010

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JK Sprint 2010
JK Relay winners 2010
GG on top of a mountain in Norway