Portrait

Name: Gernot Kerschbaumer

Year of birth: 1983

Domicile: Sparberegg (Commune Pinggau)

Club: HSV Pinkafeld, Helsingin Suunnistajat (FIN)

Discipline: Orienteering, since 1993

                    Member of the Austrian National Orienteering Team

Profession: Professional sportsman in the Austrian Military Team, HLSZ 11 Seebenstein

                      Student at the "Fachhochschule Wr. Neustadt (accounting)"

Best results:

2010:    5th place at Portugal Orienteering Meeting

            Austrian Champion in Sprint, Team (with Markus Lang and Martin Binder)

            3rd place Austrian Championship SkiO Relay (with Markus Lang and Helmut Gremmel)

            2nd place Austrian Cross Country Championship Team (with Markus Lang and Wolfgang Siegert, 5th place individual

2009:    World Championships in Hungary, Miskolc: 17. Middle distance

                                                                                              23. Sprint distance

            Military World Championships in Estonia: 13. Long distance

            Austrian Champion in Sprint, Middle, Long, Relay (with Martin Binder and Markus Lang),

                                            Team (with Thomas Lang and Helmut Gremmel), Night

2008:    Student World Championships: 3. Middle distance

               World Championships in Czech Republic (WOC): 9. Sprint distance

                                                                                          11. Middle distance

               Military World Championships: 8. Long distance

               Austrian Champion in Sprint, Middle, Long, Relay (with Martin Binder and Markus Lang) and

                                                        Ski-O Relay (with Markus and Thomas Lang)

2007:    WOC Ukraine: 17. Sprint distance

                                       19. Middle distance

               Austrian Champion in Long and Relay (with Martin Binder and Markus Lang)

2006:    Student World Championshipsi: 8. Middle distance

              Austrian Champion in Sprint

2005:    WOC Japan: 9. Middle distance

                                    17. Sprint distance