Martin Johansson (orienteer, born 1984)

Martin Johansson

Johansson at the World Orienteering Championships 2008
Personal information
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(1984-09-26) 26 September 1984 (age 32)
Website	www.martin-johansson.se
Sport
Sport	Orienteering Ski orienteering Cross-country skiing
Medal record Representing  Sweden Men's orienteering World Championships 2007 Kiev Sprint 2008 Olomouc Sprint Junior World Championships 2004 Gdańsk Relay 2004 Gdańsk Long Men's ski orienteering Junior World Championships 2004 Vuokatti Relay

Martin Johansson (born September 26, 1984) is a Swedish orienteering and ski-orienteering competitor, medallist from the orienteering world championships, and a 2004 Junior World Champion in relay. He received bronze medals in sprint at the World Orienteering Championships in Kiev in 2007 and in Olomouc in 2008. His brother, Lars, is a member of the Rockford Icehogs

Johansson was born on September 26, 1984 in Avesta, a locality of 15,000 people in Dalarna province of Sweden. He had broken a clavicle at birth, a minor defect which he still carries. Johansson participated in various sports as a child, including hockey, track and field athletics, skiing and table tennis. Hockey was his favorite sport, but as he was small and skinny (just over 50 kg at the age of 16), he had to abandon it at the age of 13-14. He switched to skiing in winter and running in summer, combining both with orienteering and training in the club IFK Mora. Extensive training gradually his built muscles and success in local competitions, both in ski and foot orienteering.Overtraining put him out of competitions for 6 month before the 2004 season. However, he recovered and won silver in ski relay in Vuokatti 2004 Junior World Orienteering Championship, as well as gold in relay and silver in long distance at the Gdańsk 2004 Junior World foot Orienteering Championship.