Heather Monro
Medal record
Women's orienteering
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Aichi Sprint
World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Duisburg Middle
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2000 WC Overall
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Truskavets Relay

Heather Monro (born 4 September 1971)[1] was the second British female[note 1] orienteer to win a world championship medal. She came 5th at the World Orienteering Championships in 2001.[2] At the 2003 World Orienteering Championships she was the highest placed British Female coming Fourteenth place over the 11.8 km race.[3] At the 2005 World Orienteering Championships she took the bronze medal in the sprint distance. She also came third at the World Games in the same year.[4]

One of Heather's most notable victories came in the 2003 O-Ringen.[5] She has also won the British Orienteering Championships in all four individual disciplines, the only woman to do so,[6] and has won the JK Orienteering Festival 5 times, as well as winning the inaugural JK Sprint.

She runs for South London Orienteers and Halden SK in Norway. She is a member of the British Athletes Commission (BAC) executive committee.[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ Yvette Hague was the first British orienteer to win a world championship medal.

References

  1. ↑ "Heather Monro". Park World Tour. Archived from the original on 12 January 2005.
  2. ↑ Burgess, Rob (8 August 2001). "Orienteers finish sixth at Worlds". uksport.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 11 November 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
  3. ↑ Horler, Matt (14 August 2003). "GB medals at World Orienteering Champs". uksport.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 11 November 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
  4. ↑ "Heather Monro profile". Sporting Champions. Archived from the original on 28 May 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
  5. ↑ "GB Orienteering Squad member Heather Monro wins Super Elite at O-Ringen". trymysport.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  6. ↑ "British Champions". British Orienteering.
  7. ↑ "Athlete Support". britishorienteering.org.uk. Archived from the original on 7 August 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
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