Tove Alexandersson
Swedish multi-sport athlete who has achieved unprecedented success across six different mountain and endurance sports. Widely considered the greatest orienteer of all time with 23 World Championship gold medals, equaling Simone Niggli-Luder's record. Beyond orienteering, she has also won world championships in ski orienteering (10 golds), skyrunning, trail running, ski mountaineering, and SkySnow. Her dominance includes winning the Orienteering World Cup nine consecutive times (2014-2023) and setting a record of 11 consecutive World Championship gold medals (2018-2022). In trail running, she captured gold in the 45K Short Trail at the 2025 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships by a dominant 34-minute margin.
UTMB Index
853
Birth Date
September 7, 1992
Birth Place
Borlänge, Dalarna County, Sweden
Sponsor
Salomon
Key Achievements
- World Mountain and Trail Running Championships - Short Trail 45K Gold (2025) - 5:04:20
- World Mountain and Trail Running Championships - Team Gold (2025)
- World Mountain and Trail Running Championships - Up and Down Silver (2023) - 1:05:26
- Fletta Trail Winner (2024) - 1:38:14 (21km)
- Canfranc-Canfranc 45K Winner (2025) - 5:39:37 (Course Record)
- Skyrunning World Champion - Sky Marathon (2018) - Ring of Steall 3:46:28 (Course Record)
- Limone Extreme Winner (2017, 2018) - 3:31:11, 3:31:36 (29km)
- Fjällmaraton 43K Winner (2020) - 3:52:49 (Course Record)
- Fjäll Halvmaraton 26K Winner (2020) - 2:09:16 (Course Record)
- Les KM de Chando Winner (2021) - 1:21:38 (7.7km vertical)
- 23 World Orienteering Championship Gold Medals (tied record with Simone Niggli-Luder)
- Most decorated orienteer of all time (gold medals + silver medals)
- 11 consecutive World Orienteering Championship gold medals (2018-2022) - Record
- 9-time Orienteering World Cup Winner (2014-2023)
- 10 World Ski Orienteering Championship Gold Medals
- World Ski Mountaineering Combined Champion (2021)
- World Ski Mountaineering Individual Champion (2025)
- European Ski Mountaineering Champion - Individual (2024)
- SkySnow World Champion - All three events (Vertical, Classic, Combined) (2024)
- Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal (2019)
- Jerring Award and Swedish Sportswoman of the Year (2019)