Ida Bobach

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| birth_place = Silkeborg, Denmark

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| nationality = Danish

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{{MedalSport | Women's orienteering }}

{{MedalCountry | {{DEN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2015 Inverness | Long }}

{{MedalGold | 2015 Inverness | Relay }}

{{MedalSilver | 2011 Savoie | Middle }}

{{MedalSilver | 2014 Trentino-Veneto | Middle }}

{{MedalSilver | 2014 Trentino-Veneto | Relay }}

{{MedalSilver | 2016 Strömstad-Tanum | Relay }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Games }}

{{MedalSilver | 2013 Cali | Relay }}

{{MedalCompetition | Junior World Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 2008 Göteborg | Relay }}

{{MedalGold | 2009 Rolle Pass | Long }}

{{MedalSilver | 2009 Imèr-Mezzano | Sprint }}

{{MedalBronze | 2009 San Martino di Castrozza | Middle }}

{{MedalBronze | 2009 Primiero | Relay }}

{{MedalGold | 2010 Aalborg | Sprint }}

{{MedalGold | 2010 Aalborg | Long }}

{{MedalGold | 2010 Aalborg | Relay }}

{{MedalGold | 2011 Lębork | Sprint }}

{{MedalGold | 2011 Wejherowo | Long }}

{{MedalGold | 2011 Wejherowo | Middle }}

{{MedalBronze | 2011 Gniewowo | Relay }}

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Ida Bobach (born 30 July 1991 in Silkeborg) is a Danish orienteering competitor who was Junior World Champion in 2009, and became triple Junior World Champion from 2010, when she won the sprint, long distance and the relay. She represents the club OK Pan Århus, and since 2007, has received training from Danish national coach Lars Lindstrøm. In 2015 she won gold medals at the World Championships in the long and Relay.

Junior career

=2006=

Bobach participated at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Druskininkai in 2006, where she placed 49th in the sprint, 20th in the middle, and 49th in the long distance.{{cite web |url=http://www.orienteering.org/index.php/iof2006/Results/Foot-Orienteering/Junior-World-Orienteering-Championships/JWOC-2006-LTU |title=JWOC 2006 LTU. Druskininkai, Lithuania, 2-7 July 2006 |publisher=International Orienteering Federation |access-date=10 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620103949/http://orienteering.org/index.php/iof2006/Results/Foot-Orienteering/Junior-World-Orienteering-Championships/JWOC-2006-LTU |archive-date=20 June 2010 }} Her older brother Søren Bobach became a Junior World Champion in 2006.

=2007=

She also represented Denmark at the 2007 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Dubbo, where she placed 25th in the sprint, 19th in the middle, and 33rd in the long distance.{{cite web |url=http://www.orienteering.org/index.php/iof2006/Results/Foot-Orienteering/Junior-World-Orienteering-Championships/JWOC-2007-AUS |title=JWOC 2007 AUS. Dubbo, Australia, 8-13 July 2007 |publisher=International Orienteering Federation |access-date=10 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620104018/http://orienteering.org/index.php/iof2006/Results/Foot-Orienteering/Junior-World-Orienteering-Championships/JWOC-2007-AUS |archive-date=20 June 2010 }}

=2008=

At the 2008 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Gothenburg she participated on the Danish relay team that won silver medals, along with Signe Klinting and Maja Alm. She placed 14th in the sprint, 45th in the middle distance, and 22nd in the long distance.{{cite web |url=http://www.orienteering.org/index.php/iof2006/Results/Foot-Orienteering/Junior-World-Orienteering-Championships/JWOC-2008-SWE |title=JWOC 2008 SWE. Gothenburg, Sweden, 30 June-6 July 2008 |publisher=International Orienteering Federation |access-date=10 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620104156/http://orienteering.org/index.php/iof2006/Results/Foot-Orienteering/Junior-World-Orienteering-Championships/JWOC-2008-SWE |archive-date=20 June 2010 }}

=2009=

At the 2009 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Trentino she won medals in all four competitions, including a gold medal in the long distance.{{cite web |url=http://www.orienteering.org/index.php/iof2006/Results/Foot-Orienteering/Junior-World-Orienteering-Championships/JWOC-2009-ITA |title=JWOC 2009 ITA. Trentino, Italy, 5-12 July 2009 |publisher=International Orienteering Federation |access-date=10 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620103919/http://orienteering.org/index.php/iof2006/Results/Foot-Orienteering/Junior-World-Orienteering-Championships/JWOC-2009-ITA |archive-date=20 June 2010 }} In the long distance she was over a minute ahead of Jenny Lönnkvist, who placed second.{{cite web |title=Ida Bobach wins JWOC Long distance. JWOC 2009, Primiero (Italy) |url=http://www.orienteering.is/ida-bobach-wins-jwoc-long-distance.4612986.html |publisher=orienteering.is |date=7 July 2009 |first=Ivo |last=Danailov |access-date=11 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722022342/http://www.orienteering.is/ida-bobach-wins-jwoc-long-distance.4612986.html |archive-date=22 July 2011 }} She won a silver medal in the sprint, a bronze medal in the middle, and a bronze medal with the Danish relay team, which consisted of Emma Klingenberg and Signe Klinting, in addition to Bobach.

=2010=

At the 2010 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Aalborg she won three gold medals.{{cite news |title=Lördagens sport: Oavgjort för Norrby, nytt VM-guld till Bobach |url=http://www.bt.se/sport/lordagens-sport-oavgjort-for-norrby-nytt-vm-guld-till-bobach(2009118).gm |first=Johan |last=Rydén |date=10 July 2010 |access-date=11 August 2010 |newspaper=Borås Tidning |language=sv |archive-date=5 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905020029/http://www.bt.se/sport/lordagens-sport-oavgjort-for-norrby-nytt-vm-guld-till-bobach(2009118).gm |url-status=dead }} She won individual gold medals in the sprint and in the long distance. She was a member of the Danish relay team together with Emma Klingenberg and Signe Klinting, and they won the relay ahead of the Czech team. She did also participate in the middle distance, but at the qualification she twisted her ankle, and wasn't able to run the Final.{{cite web |url=http://www.orienteering.org/index.php/iof2006/Results/Foot-Orienteering/Junior-World-Orienteering-Championships/JWOC-2010-DEN |title=JWOC 2010 DEN. Aalborg, Denmark, 4-10 July 2010 |publisher=International Orienteering Federation |access-date=10 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127022117/http://orienteering.org/index.php/iof2006/Results/Foot-Orienteering/Junior-World-Orienteering-Championships/JWOC-2010-DEN |archive-date=27 November 2010 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.us.orienteering.org/jwoc2010.html |title=US Team to the 2010 Junior World Championships – July 4 – 10. Aalborg, Denmark |publisher=United States Orienteering Federation |access-date=10 August 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

= 2011 =

At the 2011 Junior World Orienteering Championships she won the gold medal in the sprint competition, which was held in Lębork. For a third time in a row she won the gold medal on the long distance and scored a hattrick by winning a gold medal in the middeldistance, and there by the first ever to win all the individual distances. Long and middle distance were held in Wejherowo. In the relay, which was held in Gniewowo, she took the bronze along with Emma Klingenberg and Ita Klingenberg, after a very exciting ending.

Senior career

=2010=

File:World Orienteering Championships 2010 - relay 67.jpg, Signe Søes) at the prize giving ceremony Relay at WOC 2010]]

At the club competition Tiomila in 2010 she competed for her club Ulricehamns OK.{{cite web |title=Inför Tiomila: Favoritlaget som inte träffats före Tiomila |url=http://www.orientering.se/templates/NewsPage.aspx?id=7179&epslanguage=sv |date=2010-04-26 |publisher=Svenska Orienteringsförbundet |access-date=11 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002151538/http://www.orientering.se/templates/NewsPage.aspx?id=7179&epslanguage=sv |archive-date=2 October 2011 }} She was running the first leg for Ulricehamns, winning her leg.{{cite web |url=http://www.10mila.se/2010/results/Resultat%2010Mila%202010%20Damer%20100507%20detaljer.pdf |title=Resultatlista 10Mila 2010. Detaljer |date=6 May 2010 |publisher=Föreningen Tiomilakavlen |language=sv |access-date=11 August 2010 |archive-date=8 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308102649/http://www.10mila.se/2010/results/Resultat%2010Mila%202010%20Damer%20100507%20detaljer.pdf |url-status=dead }} In the end Ulricehamns OK placed second, in a field of more than 300 women's teams.{{cite web |url=http://www.10mila.se/2010/results/Resultat%2010Mila%202010%20Damer%20100507.pdf |title=Resultatlista 10Mila 2010 |date=6 May 2010 |publisher=Föreningen Tiomilakavlen |language=sv |access-date=11 August 2010 |archive-date=8 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308102724/http://www.10mila.se/2010/results/Resultat%2010Mila%202010%20Damer%20100507.pdf |url-status=dead }}

While still a junior, Bobach was selected to represent Denmark at the 2010 senior World Orienteering Championships in Trondheim.{{cite web |url=http://runners.worldofo.com/idabobach.html |title=Profile: Ida Bobach |publisher=World of O Runners |access-date=10 August 2010}} She qualified for the final on the middle distance,{{cite web |url=http://iof.6prog.org/openstory.aspx?k=672 |title=Ida is not the average junior |date=10 August 2010 |work=IOF World Cup 2010 |publisher=International Orienteering Federation |access-date=12 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724082715/http://iof.6prog.org/openstory.aspx?k=672 |archive-date=24 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} and placed 13th in the middle distance final among 45 starters.{{cite web |url=http://www.orienteering.org/index.php/iof2006/Results/Foot-Orienteering/World-Orienteering-Championships/WOC-2010-NOR |title=WOC 2010 NOR. Trondheim, Norway, 8-15 August 2010 |publisher=International Orienteering Federation |access-date=18 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824204128/http://www.orienteering.org/index.php/iof2006/Results/Foot-Orienteering/World-Orienteering-Championships/WOC-2010-NOR |archive-date=24 August 2010 }} She was also running the first leg for the Danish relay team. The Danish team placed fifth among 28 teams, behind Finland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, and before Czech Republic, France, Great Britain and Russia.

=2011=

Ida did also participate in the WOC 2011 in France (still as a junior), where she made the best result for a Danish woman since 1974: She won a silver medal in the middle distance.{{cite web | url=http://orienteering.org/events/?event_id=53 | title=World Orienteering Championships 2011 |publisher=International Orienteering Federation |access-date=11 November 2017}}

=2014=

During the WOC 2014 those took place in Trentino and Veneto Ida won silver medals in the middle distance and in the relay with Emma Klingenberg and Maja Alm.

=2015=

In 2015 Bobach had her most successful season yet, as she won both the Long distance{{cite web |url=http://obasen.orientering.se/winsplits/online/en/default.asp?page=table&databaseId=37757&categoryId=1 |title=WOC Long Distance, British Orienteering [07/08/2015] >> Women (9720 m) |publisher=WinSplits Online |access-date=22 September 2019}} and the Relay at the world championships in Inverness, running with Maja Alm and Emma Klingenberg.

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