Olivier Blanc-Tranchant

Born year, place and country: 26/02/1992 in Grenoble, France

 

Orienteering club where I was raised: French clubs GUC, Orient’Alp, OrientExpress and now O’Jura since 2012. OK Denseln since 2011 ?

 

Other clubs I have/do run for: xx

 

I now live in: Stockholm since 2023

 

My occupation besides orienteering now: Coach for trail runners and orienteers / Camera runner for live TV trail event

 

Long term target for my orienteering: Keep improving as long time as I can

 

This year’s target for my orienteering: Relay events and Swedish competitions

 

Favorite breakfast before a competition: 100g cereals with milk/yogurt and 2-3 toast with butter and honey + juice

 

Favorite shoe for orienteering: VJ Bold or NVII race without insole (then shorter size, lighter and less “spongy” ?)

 

Favorite shoe for running on flat ground: Hoka rocket X2

 

Favorite training: Controlled threshold intervals and micro-sprint training

 

My best memory from orienteering: Too many ?

 

My worst memory from orienteering: First I remember was a test race long distance for WOC 2011 in Prépoulain (France) with really bad 15000° map, storm and very long race for me ? even Tero have had struggle there haha. But I didn’t quit!

 

Motto: Vroum Vroum!

 

Major merits: 36 at EOC 2016, 16 at WUOC 2014 and 2016, 2 time middle French champ