Rehns BK is a Swedish sports club in Bollnäs, which practices orienteering, cross-country skiing and athletics (mainly running). It started with bandy in 1933, but that sport was dropped in 1946. The name refers the eastern district of Bollnäs, Ren/Rehn.[1]

Orienteering

The club started with orienteering in 1936. It was one of the arranging clubs of O-ringen in 1981, 2006 and 2011. [1]

Its team won the Swedish championships in relay in 1973 with Folke Lysell, Karl-Erik Jonsson, Kaj Hoof, Stefan Persson.[2] Kaj Hoof, substituting the injured Lars-Ivar Svensson started the third leg in the 19th position and sent Stefan Persson out as the third.[3] Stefan Persson has won three times the Swedish Championships in night orienteering.[4]

In 1975 Rehns BK arranged a competition for the 30 best orienteers in the world with Persson as the course designer. It was the first orienteering competition sent on television. [5]

Jerker Lysell, world champion in 2016, represents the club. Marit Wiksell won the World Championships in precision orienteering in Portugal in 2019.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rehns BK - historia". Archived from the original on 2017-06-30. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "SM Stafett H21". www.svenskorientering.se (in Swedish). Svenska Orienteringsförbundet. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  3. ↑ Lorentzson, Lennart (1973-09-17). "Nye orienteringsbasen frånsprungen i SM". Göteborgsposten: 14. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "Anders Gärderud löper natt-SM. Hett namn i segerdiskussionen". Arbetet. 1975-09-04.
  5. ↑ "OL-eliten möts i Bollnäs. TV direktsänder". Arbetet: 4. 1975-10-17. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  6. ↑ Fahlman, Fredrik (2019-07-03). "Det här var det stora målet". Söderhamnskuriren: 18. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
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