{{short description|British orienteering competitor}} {{other people||Jonathan Duncan (disambiguation){{!}}Jonathan Duncan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use British English|date=November 2012}} {{MedalTableTop|Jon Duncan.jpg|180px|Jon Duncan at WOC 2008 | medals = {{MedalSport | Men's orienteering }} {{MedalCountry| {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalGold | 2008 Olomouc | Relay }} {{MedalBronze | 2003 Rapperswil-Jona | Relay }} }}

'''Jon Duncan''' (born 6 October 1975)<ref name=wor>[http://runners.worldofo.com/jonduncan.html "Profile: Jon Duncan"] &ndash; World of O Runners (Retrieved 11 August 2008)</ref> is a British orienteering competitor and world champion.

He received a gold medal in the ''relay event'' at the 2008 World Orienteering Championships in Olomouc, together with Graham Gristwood and Jamie Stevenson.<ref name=iof-woc2008>{{cite web | url=http://orienteering.org/events/?event_id=51 | title=World Orienteering Championships 2008 | publisher=International Orienteering Federation | accessdate=14 May 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920085856/http://orienteering.org/events/?event_id=51 | archive-date=20 September 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He received a bronze medal in ''relay'' at the 2003 World Orienteering Championships in Rapperswil/Jona, together with Daniel Marston and Jamie Stevenson<ref name="woc">[http://old.orientering.no/resultater/vmres.asp World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823154017/http://old.orientering.no/resultater/vmres.asp |date=23 August 2011 }} (Retrieved 20 July 2008)</ref><ref name=iof-woc2003>{{cite web | url=http://orienteering.org/events/?event_id=34 | title=World Orienteering Championships 2003 | publisher=International Orienteering Federation | accessdate=14 May 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920090215/http://orienteering.org/events/?event_id=34 | archive-date=20 September 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

He finished 5th in the world championship relay in 1999,<ref name=iof-woc1999>{{cite web | url=http://orienteering.org/events/?event_id=32 | title=World Orienteering Championships 1999 | publisher=International Orienteering Federation | accessdate=14 May 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920084802/http://orienteering.org/events/?event_id=32 | archive-date=20 September 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and also 5th in 2004.<ref name=iof-woc2004>{{cite web | url=http://orienteering.org/events/?event_id=35 | title=World Orienteering Championships 2004 | publisher=International Orienteering Federation | accessdate=14 May 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920083957/http://orienteering.org/events/?event_id=35 | archive-date=20 September 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In both 2000 and 2001 Duncan won the British long distance orienteering championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/british_champions|title=Past British Champions |publisher=British Orienteering|website=www.britishorienteering.org.uk|accessdate=14 May 2018}}</ref>

In 2009 he won the prestigious Jukola Relay with club Kristiansand OK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jukola.com/en/jukolan-historia/tilastot/jukolan-viestin-voittajat-1949/|title=Jukola relay winners 1949- - Jukolan viesti - Jukola relay - Jukola kavlen|website=www.jukola.com |accessdate=14 May 2018 }}</ref>

==See also==

* List of orienteers * List of orienteering events

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Duncan, Jon}} Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:British orienteers Category:Male orienteers Category:Foot orienteers Category:World Orienteering Championships medalists Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh

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