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Jonine Fuss
Profiled June 2021
Lisa Mead recalls Jonine and her twin sister Michelle from when she was a talented young orienteer in the late nineties and early 2000’s. It is great to have her re-join NWOC and to prove that you never forget how to orienteer. Jonine went to school on the North Shore and recently returned to New Zeal
and after about a decade spent overseas, and now lives in Albany/Coatesville, very handy for orienteering.
Q. Number of years orienteering?
A. 8 years as a teenager, then restarted again this year.
Q. How were you introduced to orienteering?
A. The legendary Graham Peters (Head of Sports at Birkenhead College for many years) approached my sister and I after cross country success at Intermediate school, and encouraged us to attend Birkenhead College where we started the sport.
Q. Key orienteering achievements to date?
A. JWOC 1998, Reims, France.
Note: Jonine’s twin sister was also a member of the JWOC team. 1998 was the year that the famous French orienteer, Thierry Gueorgiou, first came to prominence with a silver medal in the Classic race.
Age group victories; NZ Champs 2005 (21A), ANZ Challenge/Oceania Champs 2005, Auckland Champs 2004, NZ Champs 1998.
Q. Current orienteering project or goal?
A. Return to form and return to fitness!
Q. Favourite map and why?
A. Riverhead forest, but I might be biased as it’s my local forest! I enjoyed the challenge of limited visibility, which the native pockets within the pine provided.
Q. Orienteering heroes?
A. Graham Peters. His commitment (among others around the country) to junior development.
Q. Day job?
A. Osteopath
Q. Other interests?
A. Maintaining our QEII sponsored covenant. A real ‘life-sentence‘ block.
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