Martin Regborn

{{Short description|Swedish orienteer (born 1992)}}

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| caption = Regborn at the 2024 World Orienteering Championships

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|12|10|df=y}}

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| sport = Orienteering

| club = {{unbulleted list|Hagaby GoIF}}

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{{MedalCountry | {{SWE}} }}

{{MedalSport | Men's orienteering }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Games }}

{{MedalSilver | 2022 Birmingham | Sprint }}

{{MedalBronze | 2022 Birmingham | Individual }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2022 Rakvere | Long }}

{{MedalBronze | 2016 Jeseník | Long }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2024 Edinburgh | Sprint }}

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Martin Regborn (born 10 December 1992) is a Swedish orienteer. He won a gold medal in the long distance event at the 2022 European Orienteering Championships in Rakvere, Estonia.{{cite web |url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Athletes/Details/15387 |title =Martin Regborn |website =IOF Eventor|accessdate=12 July 2017}}{{cite web|title=Svenskens revansch: EM-guld i orientering |last1=Ekström |first1=Albin |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/8QrqxW/orientering-em-2022-martin-regborn-tog-em-guld-i-langdistans |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804143347/https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/8QrqxW/orientering-em-2022-martin-regborn-tog-em-guld-i-langdistans |url-status=live |archive-date=4 August 2022 |publisher=Aftonbladet |access-date=4 August 2022 |date=4 August 2022 |language=Sv}}

Regborn won a bronze medal in the long distance at the 2016 European Orienteering Championships in Jeseník, Czech Republic.{{cite web|url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Events/ResultList?eventId=5096&groupBy=EventClass |title =Official results for Long final |website =IOF Eventor|accessdate=12 July 2017}} At the 2017 World Orienteering Championships in Tartu, Estonia, he placed ninth in the long distance,{{cite web |url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Events/ResultList?eventId=5740&groupBy=EventClass |title =Official results for Long |website =IOF Eventor|accessdate=12 July 2017}} and seventh in the sprint final.{{cite web|url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Events/ResultList?eventId=5738&groupBy=EventClass |title =Official results for Sprint Final |website =IOF Eventor|accessdate=12 July 2017}}

He won a gold medal in sprint at the 2024 World Orienteering Championships in Edinburgh, ahead of Tino Polsini and Emil Svensk.{{cite web|title=Dubbelt svenskt på pallen i orienterings-VM – Martin Regborn vann guld överlägset |last1= |first1= |url=https://www.svt.se/sport/orientering/dubbelt-svenskt-pa-pallen-i-orienterings-vm-martin-regborn-vann-guld-overlagset |website=svt.no |access-date=12 July 2024 |date=12 July 2024 |language=sv }} The win was Regborn's first medal in the world orienteering championships.{{Cite web |title= WOC: Regborn and Alexandersson take first golds in Edinburgh |url= https://orienteering.sport/woc-regborn-and-alexandersson-take-first-golds-in-edinburgh/ |website=orienteering.sport |date=12 July 2024 |access-date=13 July 2024}} He also qualified for the final in the knockout sprint at the world championships, where he placed fifth.{{cite web |url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Events/ResultList?eventId=6712&eventClassId=15745&eventRaceId=6781&overallResults=False |website=eventor.orienteering.org |title=Official results for World Orienteering Championships 2024 - Knock out sprint |date=16 July 2024 |access-date=16 July 2024}}

As of 2024, Regborn was based in Örebro and was coaching orienteering at a high school in Hallsberg. Regborn named Emil Wingstedt as one of his orienteering idols growing up.{{cite book |last1=Barrable |first1=Nick |title=40th World Orienteering Championships Souvenir Programme |date=11 July 2024 |publisher=CompassSport Magazine |location=Edinburgh |pages=10–20}}

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