Emil Svensk

Emil Svensk  (born 12 July 1993) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. His achievements include winning gold medals both in the world championships and the european championships.

Sports career
Svensk was born in Borlänge in 1993.

Junior years
He won a gold medal in the middle distance at the 2013 Junior World Orienteering Championships.

2017 – 2023
Svensk had his senior career breakthrough at the first round of the 2017 Orienteering World Cup, where he came third in both the Sprint and the Long distance pursuit. At the 2018 European Orienteering Championships in Cadempino he won a silver medal in the mixed sprint relay with the Swedish team. He competed at the 2018 World Orienteering Championships in Latvia, where he placed sixth in the sprint final, and won a gold medal in the mixed sprint relay, together with Karolin Ohlsson, Jonas Leandersson and Tove Alexandersson. In the 2019 World Orienteering Championships in Norway he participated in the winning Swedish relay team together with Johan Runesson and Gustav Bergman. Even in the 2023 World Orienteering Championships he participated together with Albin Ridefeldt and Gustav Bergman in the Swedish relay team which won the bronze medal.

His biggest individual success was the gold medal in the sprint distance at the 2021 European Orienteering Championships in Neuchâtel

2024
He won a bronze medal in sprint at the 2024 World Orienteering Championships in Edinburgh, behind Martin Regborn and Tino Polsini.

Achievements

 * EOC 2018 Silver medal in mixed sprint relay
 * WOC 2018 6th place in the sprint final
 * WOC 2018 Gold Medal in the mixed sprint relay
 * WOC 2019 Gold Medal in the Swedish relay team
 * WOC 2021 Gold Medal in the Swedish mixed sprint relay team
 * EOC 2021 Gold Medal in the sprint final
 * JWOC 2013 middle gold medal
 * Jukola 2019 1st place with Stora Tuna OK