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'{{for|the synchronised swimmer|Yvette Baker (synchronised swimmer)}} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalCountry| {{GBR}} }} {{MedalSport|Women's [[Orienteering]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[World Orienteering Championships|World Championships]]}} {{MedalGold| 1999 [[Inverness]] | [[World Orienteering Championships|Short]]}} {{MedalSilver| 1995 [[Detmold]] | [[World Orienteering Championships|Classic]]}} {{MedalSilver| 1995 [[Detmold]] | [[World Orienteering Championships|Short]]}} {{MedalBronze| 1993 [[West Point]] | [[World Orienteering Championships|Classic]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Orienteering World Cup|World Cup]]}} {{MedalSilver| 1994| [[Orienteering World Cup|WC Overall]]}} {{MedalBronze| 1992| [[Orienteering World Cup|WC Overall]]}} {{MedalCompetition| [[European Orienteering Championships|European Championships]]}} {{MedalBronze| 2000 [[Truskavets]] | [[European Orienteering Championships|Classic]]}} {{MedalBronze| 2000 [[Truskavets]] | [[European Orienteering Championships|Relay]]}} {{MedalCompetition|Nordic Championships}} {{MedalBronze| 1993 [[Sibbo]] | Long}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Yvette Baker''' (born '''Yvette Hague''', 1968) is [[United Kingdom|Britain]]'s most successful [[orienteering|orienteer]]. At the 1999 World Orienteering Championships in [[Inverness]] she won the short distance event.<ref name="Profile: Yvette Hague Baker">{{cite web |url=http://runners.worldofo.com/yvettehaguebaker.html |title=Profile: Yvette (Hague) Baker |accessdate=2008-06-15 |work= |date= }}</ref> == Biography == Already at the early age of 15, she won the Elite class of the [[Jan Kjellstrom]] Trophy in 1983. The same year she was member of the British relay team at the [[World Orienteering Championships]], making her possibly the youngest WOC participant ever. During the following years' WOC, she always had promising qualification results in the top 10, but could not match them in the finals. It was not until 1993, when she won Britain's first world championship medal coming third over the ''classic distance''.<ref name="Profile: Yvette Hague Baker" /> In 1995, she stepped up by claiming both silver medals in the short and classic distances (again not matching her 1st place of the qualification). After another 1st in the qualification of 1997, finally in 1999 she took the crown by becoming World Orienteering Champion in the short distance event. In 2001, after a winning her fourth consecutive qualification (1995/97/99/01), she retired from the WOC with an 11th place in the long distance event. Between 1983 and 2001, she took part in all 11 WOC. Yvette was born in the [[United States|U.S.]] to British parents. She grew up in [[England]] and then lived for several years in [[Denmark]] before moving to [[New Zealand]]. ==See also== * [[:Category:British orienteers|British orienteers]] * [[List of orienteers]] * [[List of orienteering events]] == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.maprunner.co.uk/content/view/56/186/ Article about Yvettes WOC history] {{Footer Orienteering World Champions Women}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Baker, Yvette | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = British orienteer | DATE OF BIRTH = 1968 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Yvette}} [[Category:British orienteers]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh]] [[Category:Alumni of Keele University]] [[Category:Foot orienteers]] [[Category:1968 births]] [[Category:Living people]]'