Over the years, Husqvarna has enjoyed success after success at the World Logging Championships. Our team members have won numerous medals, often gold, since the first WLC in 1970. The results from recent championships give a good picture of how things usually end up.

14 medals in 2006 WLC

Nine medals in the senior class and five in the juniors was the result after the 2006 championships in Otepää Estonia. An interesting fact is that Husqvarna took six of twelve possible individual golds.

The following Husqvarna competitors won medals:

Total, seniors

Gold: Hans Raffl, Italy
Bronze: Wolfgang Heidemann, Germany

Disciplines, seniors

Tree felling

Gold: Gottfried Schädlich, Germany
Silver: Hugo van Bijsterveldt, Netherlands

Fitting another chain
Bronze: Vadim Ivankulov, Russia

Bucking by combined cuts
Gold: Ilya Shvetsov, Russia
Silver: Gheorghe Ture, Romania

Precision bucking
Bronze: Lars Strandell, Sweden

Limbing
Gold: Vadim Ivankulov, Russia

Disciplines, juniors

Tree felling
Silver: Mathew Thomas. United Kingdom

Bucking by combined cuts
Shared Gold: Mathew Thomas, United Kingdom

Precision bucking
Silver: Petras Navickas. Lithuania
Bronze: Patrik Sjöberg, Sweden

Limbing
Gold: Patrik Sjöberg, Sweden