Finnish cross-country skier

Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (née Hämäläinen; born 10 September 1955) is a Finnish former cross-country skier.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Cross-country skiing results
  • 2.1 Olympic Games
  • 2.2 World Championships
  • 2.3 World Cup
    • 2.3.1 Season *les
    • 2.3.2 Season standings
    • 2.3.3 Individual podiums
    • 2.3.4 Team podiums
• 3 See also
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Career

She was the big figure at the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, winning all three individual cross-country skiing events (5, 10 and 20:km), and a bronze medal for Finland in the relay. In the process, she became the most successful athlete at the 1984 Winter Olympics. At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, she won another relay bronze medal, and at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, she won two more bronze medals in the 5 and 30:km.

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Kirvesniemi won three golds in the 10:km (1989) and 4:×:5:km relay (1978, 1989), and five silvers in the 5:km (1985, 1991), 10:km (1985) and 15:km (1989, 1993). She also won the 20:km double pursuit at the 1989 Holmenkollen ski festival.

Kirvesniemi won the Holmenkollen medal in 1989. Her husband, Harri, would be awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1998. They were the third husband-and-wife pair that won this prestigious honor. They are the only married couple to have both competed at six Olympics, and are among the only eight Finns to have done so:- the others being Janne Ahonen (ski jumping), Raimo Helminen (ice hockey), Teemu Selänne (ice hockey), Kyra Kyrklund (dressage), Juha Hirvi (shooting), and Hannu Manninen (nordic combined).

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

• 7 medals – (3 gold, 4 bronze)

World Championships

• 8 medals – (3 gold, 5 silver)

World Cup

Season *les

• 2 *les:– (2 overall)

Season standings

Individual podiums

• 11 victories
• 27 podiums

Team podiums

• 1 victory
• 8 podiums

Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

See also

• List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games

References

• Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)

External links

• Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Haemaelaeine at the International Ski Federation