Finnish cross-country skier

Pirjo Muranen (née Manninen, born 8 March 1981 in Rovaniemi) is a retired Finnish cross-country skier. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5:km relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Muranen won five medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three golds (Individual sprint: 2001, 4 × 5:km relay: 2007, 2009), a silver (Team sprint: 2005, with Riitta-Liisa L*ila), and a bronze (Individual sprint: 2009). She married on 30 June 2007; previously known by her maiden name of Pirjo Manninen.

Muranen also has sixteen additional victories up to 15:km from 2000 to 2002. She is the younger sister of Nordic combined skier Hannu. At the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo, they became the first brother-sister combination to win gold medals at the same championships.

Muranen retired from the sport in April 2011. She has then worked as a cross-country skiing pundit and studio commentator for Finland's national public-broadcasting company Yle.

Contents

• 1 Cross-country skiing results
  • 1.1 Olympic Games
  • 1.2 World Championships
  • 1.3 World Cup
    • 1.3.1 Season standings
    • 1.3.2 Individual podiums
    • 1.3.3 Team podiums
• 2 See also
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

• 1 medal – (1 bronze)

World Championships

• 6 medals – (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)

a. 1 Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

• 5 victories – (5 WC)
• 15 podiums – (14 WC, 1 SWC)

Team podiums

• 3 victories – (3 RL)
• 14 podiums – (9 RL, 5 TS)

See also

• List of Olympic medalist families

References

External links

• Pirjo Muranen at the International Ski Federation
• Official website (in English and Finnish)