Maja Møller Alm (born 10 July 1988) is a Danishorienteering and Athleticscompetitor who has won seven World Championships and two World Games titles. She is especially known for her four gold medals on the sprint distance, where she has won the title four years in a row: 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. She is also a medalist from the Junior World Championships. Since 2006 she has been coached by Danish national coach Lars Lindstrøm. Alm is remarkable for her dominant running speed, which gives her a great advantage over other competitors at the sprint distance.
In 2015, she won the first of four sprint gold medals in a row at the World Championships. Alm also won the Relay and Mixed Sprint Relay in the same year.
In 2017, Alm took her first individual forest medal at the World Championships – a silver in the Classic[2] – behind Swedish runner Tove Alexandersson.
In 2018, Alm won her fourth sprint gold medal at the World Orienteering Championship in Riga,[3] and in addition she brought the Danish mixed sprint relay team at the last leg from the seventh position to a bronze medal.[4] She also won a silver medal in the long distance.[5]
