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Thierry Gueorgiou

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Thierry Gueorgiou (French pronunciation: [tjɛʁi ʒɔʁʒu]; born 30 March 1979) is a French orienteer who holds the record for gold medals won at the World Orienteering Championships for a male athlete, with 14 gold medals between 2003 and 2017. Gueorgiou has won more than 20 gold medals in international competitions, including the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) middle distance event a record eight times: 2003–2005, 2007–2009, 2011 and 2017. In November 2016 it was announced he will become the Sweden national team head coach following his retirement at the 2017 World Championships. From October 2021 he has been the head coach of the Finnish national orienteering team. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Thierry Gueorgiou is the 3,489th most popular athlete (down from 3,353rd in 2024), the 5,841st most popular biography from France (up from 5,848th in 2019) and the 151st most popular French Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Thierry Gueorgiou ranks 3,489 out of 6,025. Before her are Ionela Târlea, Iulică Ruican, Alexander Szelig, Daniel Müller, Natalia Dorado, and Heidi Diethelm Gerber. After her are Dmitri Sautin, Shannon Crawford, Gilles Marguet, Katrin Wagner-Augustin, Dennis Mitchell, and Britta Bilač.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Thierry Gueorgiou ranks 676. Before her are Adolfo Bautista, Mozart, Chen Yanqing, Jana Pallaske, Ivan Bošnjak, and Douglas Murray. After her are Mikel Astarloza, Katharina Schüttler, Denis Golovanov, Natalia Zhukova, Justin Bruening, and Hideo Hashimoto.

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In France

Among people born in France, Thierry Gueorgiou ranks 5,841 out of 6,770. Before her are JR (1983), Jean-Philippe Mateta (1997), Julie Engelbrecht (1984), Anthony Le Tallec (1984), Abdoulaye Méïté (1980), and Cristobal Huet (1975). After her are Damien Perquis (1984), Guillaume Cizeron (1994), Gilles Marguet (1967), Franck Boidin (1972), Corentin Moutet (1999), and Sylvain Guintoli (1982).

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Among ATHLETES In France

Among athletes born in France, Thierry Gueorgiou ranks 151. Before her are Isabelle Boéri-Bégard (1960), Sophie Dodemont (1973), Julia Simon (1996), Patrice Lhotellier (1966), Hugues Obry (1973), and Jean Galfione (1971). After her are Gilles Marguet (1967), Stéphane Traineau (1966), Karine Ruby (1978), Roger-Yves Bost (1965), Valérie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux (1969), and Hatem Ghoula (1973).

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