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Born | 4 October 1941 | (age 82)||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Orienteering | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Birgitta Larsson (born 4 October 1941) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She won two world titles as a member of Swedish relay teams in 1970 and 1974; [1] [2] in 1972 she won an individual bronze and a team silver medal. [3] She continued winning medals at world championships through the 2000s in the masters category. [4]
Larsson started competing in 1961. She has seven siblings, three of whom also compete in orienteering, together with her husband and 13-14 nephews and nieces. She is a cartographer by profession. [4]