O-Ringen Magazine, nr 1 - 2022

The longing of the Csúcs family:
Living and
socialising at
the campsite
Laura and Klaus Csúcs live with their two children in Mora. They have both
competed in the Orienteering World Championships for their respective
home countries, Hungary and Romania. This summer, they are especially
looking forward to finally staying at the campsite in the caravan that was
purchased for O-Ringen Uppsala 2020.
TEXT PER-OLOF SVENSSON PHOTO ULF RASK
February is not an optimal photo opportunity for
MTBO. Laura and Klaus with the children Kristian
and Erik in front who learned to ride a bicycle last
fall but haven’t ridden for a since it is winter.
They both grew up with orienteering
in their respective home
countries and met at an orienteering
competition in the summer of
2008. After completing their studies in the
autumn of 2010, the couple moved to Mora,
partly by chance. Laura really wanted to live
further south for foot orienteering, Klaus
further north for ski orienteering. It was a
compromise, but they also had friends in
Mora.
Their plan was to invest as much time and
energy as possible in sports for a few years
and then move to Central Europe for a more
ordinary family life with jobs and children.
But it turned out that work and family did
just as well in Mora, and the family is very
happy. Laura works as a physiotherapist at
the hospital in Mora and Klaus is an economist
and works as a business developer in
Orsa Kommun.
– We were very well received, and it has
been very fun to build our life here, I am
proud of that, says Klaus, who points out
that they themselves have arranged accommodation
and work.
Laura was a good junior orienteerer and
competed at JVM in Gothenburg in 2008.
She took 33rd place as her top position in
long distance. When she met Klaus, Laura
was inspired to try skiing and ski orienteering.
Between 2011–2014 she competed in
several major ski orienteering competitions,
including the European and world championships.
In 2013, Laura participated in the
cross-country world championships in Val
di Fiemme and this career was peaked with
the World Championships in Falun 2015.
Klaus parents have both competed internationally
in ski orienteering, so he grew
up with the sport. As a 14-year-old, he was
already able to compete in the world championships.
There would be a total of nine
world championships with several places in
the top 30. In 2009, Klaus concentrated on
foot orienteering and got to run the sprint
distance at the world championships in
Hungary. He also continued with skis, being
selected to compete at the cross-country
world championships in Falun.
Which was your first O-Ringen?
– It was 2011 in Mohed, Hälsingland, where
we ran regular forest orienteering. There was
also an MTBO show that was a huge success
and inspired us right away.
Since then, the couple have competed in
MTBO as they see it as good training and
both have their sights set on being selected
for this year's world championships, held in
mid-July in Falun and Säter, although Klaus
says that he still thinks that ski orienteering
is the most fun.
The Csúcs are very happy that it was Mora
that became and has been their hometown
for twelve years now. Laura is 34 years old;
Klaus is 35 and the children Kristian and
Erik are 6 and 4 years old respectively. They
thrive in IFK Mora where they are also
involved in club activities. They say that
the training opportunities for all different
disciplines of orienteering are very good.
Double and triple citizenship
Laura has dual citizenship, Hungarian and
Swedish. Klaus has three, also including
Romanian. In the winter of 2018–2019, the
couple wanted to train for a whole winter
and were looking for an au pair who
could help a little with the children. They
contacted the Hnilica family, and their
eldest daughter Lea lived with the Csúcs
from October to April. This developed into
friendship with the whole family, since the
Hnilicas also competes in MTBO at international
level.
– We have been at their home in Vienna
and most recently they celebrated Christmas
and New Year with us in Mora.
– They will of course come to the world
championship in Falun and Säter. And
we have booked two large caravan sites at
O-Ringen in Uppsala where we will have fun
together, says Klaus.
How much do you long
for O-Ringen in Uppsala?
–We have longed and planned for this for
several years now and to finally get to live in
our caravan and hang out with friends at the
O-Ringen camping site!
Do you have any specific goals?
– No, we just want to have fun with a nice
week in Uppsala.
Famil
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