Pasi Ikonen

Pasi Ikonen
Ikonen in 2010
Personal information
NationalityFinnish
Born(1980-06-30)30 June 1980
Vihanti, Finland
Died3 August 2024(2024-08-03) (aged 44)
Sport
SportOrienteering
Club
  • SK-Pohjantähti[1]
  • Vaajakosken Terä[1]
Medal record
Men's orienteering
Representing  Finland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Tampere Middle
Silver medal – second place 2001 Tampere Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2011 Savoie Long
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Kyiv Relay
World Games
Silver medal – second place 2009 Kaohsiung Mixed relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Hungary Relay
Gold medal – first place 2004 Denmark Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Ventspils Middle
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Ventspils Relay
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Varna Relay
Silver medal – second place 1998 Reims Relay
Silver medal – second place 2000 Nové Město na Moravě Long
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Nové Město na Moravě Relay

Pasi Ikonen (30 June 1980 – 3 August 2024) was a Finnish orienteering competitor, winner of the middle distance at the 2001 World Orienteering Championships. His other achievements include two individual silver medals at the world championships, and medals at the World Games and the European championships.

Career

Junior years

Competing at the Junior World Orienteering Championships, Ikonen helped Finland win medals in the relay in 1998, 1999, and 2000, as well as winning an individual silver medal in the long distance in 2000.[1]

In 1998 he was running the fourth leg in the Jukola relay for his club SK-Pohjantähti, which placed fourteenth in the relay. He placed second in the Jukola relay in 1999, and fifth in 2000.[1]

Senior career

Ikonen won a gold medal in the short distance (later called middle distance) at the 2001 World Orienteering Championships in Tampere, ahead of Tore Sandvik and Jørgen Rostrup.[2][3] He won a silver medal in the sprint at the same championships.[2] In the Jukola relay in 2001 he was running the seventh leg for SK-Pohjantähti, which placed sixth in the relay.[1]

In the 2002 Orienteering World Cup he achieved three race victories. They were the long distance in Chiny/Arlon in Belgium, the long distance in Tynset, Norway, and the middle distance in Idre, Sweden. He placed fourth overall in the cup in 2002.[1] He won a gold medal in the relay with the Finnish team at the 2002 European Orienteering Championships in Sümeg, Hungary.[1] Competing at the 2003 World Orienteering Championships, he placed fourth in the middle distance, and nineteenth in the sprint.[4] He became Nordic champion in 2003, by winning the middle distance at the Open Nordic Orienteering Championships (NOC) held in Flen, Sweden.[1]

In 2004, he won a gold medal in the relay with the Finnish team at the 2004 European Orienteering Championships in Roskilde, Denmark.[1] At the 2006 World Orienteering Championships in Aarhus, Ikonen placed eighth in the sprint, and seventeenth in the middle distance.[5] He placed tenth overall in the 2006 World Cup.[1] He won a bronze medal in the relay at the 2007 World Orienteering Championships in Kyiv, with the Finnish team,[6] and won a silver medal in the relay at the 2007 Open Nordic Orienteering Championships held in Bornholm.[1] At the 2008 European Orienteering Championships in Ventspils, Latvia, he won a bronze medal in the middle distance. He won a bronze medal in the relay with the Finnish team.[7] He placed ninth overall in the 2008 Orienteering World Cup, coming third in two races.[1] Competing at the 2009 World Games, Ikonen won a silver medal in the mixed relay with the Finnish team, along with Bodil Holmström, Tero Föhr and Minna Kauppi.[8] He placed eleventh in the sprint distance at the 2009 World Games.[9] In 2010 he placed third in the Jukola relay with Vaajakosken Terä.[1]

Ikonen won a silver medal in the long distance at the 2011 World Orienteering Championships in France, behind winner Thierry Gueorgiou. He also run a leg on the Finnish relay team, which placed seventh.[10] In the 2011 World Cup he obtained one race victory and one second place in the individual races, and placed sixth overall in the cup.[1] He represented Finland at the 2012 World Orienteering Championships, where he placed seventeenth in the middle distance.[11] In the 2012 Jukola relay he placed seventh with his club Vaajakosken Terä.[1] He achieved one podium result in the 2014 Orienteering World Cup, placing second in a race in Kongsberg in June.[12]

Style of orienteering

Ikonen was known for competing without using a compass.[1][13]

Personal life and death

Ikonen was born in Vihanti on 30 June 1980.[14] He was previously in a cohabiting relationship with fellow orienteer Minna Kauppi.[15] He was diagnosed with a brain tumour around 2017, and died on 3 August 2024, at the age of 44.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Athlete profile: Pasi Ikonen". runners.worldofo.com. August 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "World Orienteering Championships 2001". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  3. ^ World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 14 December 2007)
  4. ^ "World Orienteering Championships 2003". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  5. ^ "World Orienteering Championships 2006". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  6. ^ "World Orienteering Championships 2007". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  7. ^ "European Orienteering Championships 2008". old.orienteering.sport. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  8. ^ "The World Games 2009 Kaohsiung. Mixed relay" (PDF). theworldgames.org. 19 July 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  9. ^ "The World Games 2009". old.orienteering.sport. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  10. ^ "World Orienteering Championships 2011". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  11. ^ "World Orienteering Championships 2012 – Middle Distance Final" (PDF). woc2012.ch. 17 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Official results World Cup Event 7". International Orienteering Federation. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  13. ^ a b Simonsen, Mattias (3 August 2024). "Tidigare orienteringsvärldsmästaren Pasi Ikonen är död". svenska.yle.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Pasi Ikonen". Park World Tour. Archived from the original on 21 December 2005.
  15. ^ Vanhatalo, Nina (16 October 2015). "Kaikkien aikojen suomalaissuunnistaja – Minna Kaupin menestystekijät". yle.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 4 August 2024.

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