Graham is a member of the Great Britain Orienteering Squad and also runs for IFK Lidingö SOK. In 2004 Graham first made the senior World Champs team. His first notable successes came in 2006 where he won both the Sprint and the Overall title at the Jan Kjellstrom orienteering festival.[1] He has since won another title in both the Sprint and the Overall.
Graham started orienteering before he could even walk, when his father would carry him![3] Graham attended the Royal Grammar School, Guildford. Graham did a masters at Sheffield Hallam University and ran for Sheffield University Orienteering Club. In 2010 he was part of the winning JK and Harvester relay teams. Currently he runs for Forth Valley.
Gristwood became only the second man after Chris Hirst to win the British Orienteering Championships four times in a row, between 2014 and 2017.[4] He has also won the British Sprints twice, the British Middle once and the Night Championships a record seven times in a row.
graham, gristwood, born, 1984, british, orienteering, competitor, world, champion, gristwood, 2008, middle, distance, personal, informationnationalitybritishborn1984, sportsportorienteeringmedal, record, orienteeringrepresenting, great, britainworld, champions. Graham Gristwood born 1984 is a British orienteering competitor and world champion Graham GristwoodGristwood at WOC 2008 Middle distance Personal informationNationalityBritishBorn1984 age 39 40 SportSportOrienteeringMedal record Men s orienteeringRepresenting Great BritainWorld Championships2008 Olomouc RelayGraham is a member of the Great Britain Orienteering Squad and also runs for IFK Lidingo SOK In 2004 Graham first made the senior World Champs team His first notable successes came in 2006 where he won both the Sprint and the Overall title at the Jan Kjellstrom orienteering festival 1 He has since won another title in both the Sprint and the Overall He received a gold medal in the relay event at the 2008 World Orienteering Championships in Olomouc together with Jon Duncan and Jamie Stevenson 2 Graham started orienteering before he could even walk when his father would carry him 3 Graham attended the Royal Grammar School Guildford Graham did a masters at Sheffield Hallam University and ran for Sheffield University Orienteering Club In 2010 he was part of the winning JK and Harvester relay teams Currently he runs for Forth Valley Gristwood became only the second man after Chris Hirst to win the British Orienteering Championships four times in a row between 2014 and 2017 4 He has also won the British Sprints twice the British Middle once and the Night Championships a record seven times in a row See also editBritish orienteers List of orienteers List of orienteering eventsReferences edit British Orienteering woc 2008 Relay men CheapTentsBlog Exclusive Interview Graham Gristwood Professional Orienteer Archived from the original on 10 March 2009 Retrieved 9 March 2009 British Orienteering External links editGraham Gristwood at the International Orienteering Federation Graham Gristwood at World of O nbsp Official website at the Wayback Machine archived 26 January 2009 nbsp This biographical article about a British orienteer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Graham Gristwood amp oldid 1122807302, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
