Olavi Svanberg

{{Short description|Finnish ski-orienteer}}

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{{MedalSport |Men's ski orienteering}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 1975 Hyvinkää | Individual}}

{{MedalGold| 1975 Hyvinkää | Relay}}

{{MedalGold| 1982 Aigen | Individual}}

{{MedalSilver| 1980 Avesta | Relay}}

{{MedalBronze| 1982 Aigen | Relay}}

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Olavi Svanberg (December 10, 1941, Sysmä, Finland – August 25, 2002, Lake Ladoga, Russia) was a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor and world champion.{{cite news|url=http://www.kaleva.fi/uutiset/olavi-svanberg-katosi-laatokalla/249908|title=Olavi Svanberg katosi Laatokalla|date=2002-08-27 |publisher=Kaleva|language=Finnish|accessdate=27 October 2011}} He received an individual gold medal at the first World Ski Orienteering Championships in Hyvinkää in 1975, and also won the first gold medal in the relay event with the Finnish team (Pekka Pökälä, Heimo Taskinen, Jorma Karvonen and Olavi Svanberg).[http://orienteering.org/i3/index.php?/iof2006/results/ski_orienteering/world_ski_orienteering_championships World Ski Orienteering Championships] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070617171330/http://orienteering.org/i3/index.php?/iof2006/results/ski_orienteering/world_ski_orienteering_championships |date=2007-06-17 }} – International Orienteering Federation (Retrieved on 27 October 2008) He was again world champion in 1982 in Aigen.