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Daniel Hubmann

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Daniel Hubmann is a Swiss orienteering competitor, born on 16 April 1983 in Eschlikon in the canton of Thurgau, and the most successful male Swiss orienteer of all time. He began orienteering at twelve, trained as a carpenter, and won junior world titles in the long distance and the relay in 2002. He turned professional in 2007 and took the overall World Cup in 2008. In 2009 he became, with Matthias Merz, the first man to win World Championship medals in all four orienteering disciplines. He holds nine gold medals from the World Orienteering Championships, and his relay win in 2023 at the age of forty made him the oldest gold medallist in the championships' history.

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1983 1
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5+ 1
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9 1
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