Age categories
Orienteering
Men & Women: 30+, 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+, 60+, 65+, 70+, 75+, 80+, 85+, 90+, 95+
Ski Orienteering
Men & Women: 30+, 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+, 60+, 65+, 70+, 75+, 80+, 85+, 90+, 95+
The age category you will compete in for Orienteering will be determined as at 31 December of the year of the event. For example, if you are 39 during Games time but have turned 40 by 31 December, you would compete in the 40+ age category.
Events and disciplines
Orienteering
Long Model – Long Qual and Long Final
Sprint Model – Sprint Qual and Sprint Final
Night Sprint
Ski Orienteering
Model Event
Sprint Distance
Long Distance
Middle Distance
“World Masters Sport doesn’t allow building new venues and encourages the host cities to use existing facilities to keep the costs lower. Therefore, all sport information is subject to changes depending on the venues available.”
Athlete Comments & Reviews
“Learning a new sport is exciting!”
“There are people that say: why you keep doing that, why are you doing that at your age? Well, because we still can and it is never too late to start and learn new things. It’s exciting!”
“Find the sport your body can do”
“It’s just about finding something you can physically do for your age”
“You get motivated to start again!”
“Seeing other people playing it’s kind of inspiring to think about taking other things up again.”
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