Harri Kirvesniemi
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's cross country skiing | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Bronze | 1980 Lake Placid | 4 x 10 km |
| Bronze | 1984 Sarajevo | 15 km |
| Bronze | 1984 Sarajevo | 4 x 10 km |
| Bronze | 1992 Albertville | 4 x 10 km |
| Bronze | 1994 Lillehammer | 4 x 10 km |
| Bronze | 1998 Nagano | 4 x 10 km |
| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 1989 Lahti | 15 km classical |
| Silver | 1989 Lahti | 4 x 10 km |
| Silver | 1995 Thunder Bay | 4 x 10 km |
| Silver | 1997 Trondheim | 4 x 10 km |
| Bronze | 1982 Oslo | 15 km |
| Bronze | 1982 Oslo | 4 x 10 km |
| Bronze | 1985 Seefeld | 30 km |
| Bronze | 1991 Val di Fiemme | 4 x 10 km |
| Disqualified | 2001 Lahti | 4 x 10 km |
Harri Tapani Kirvesniemi (born 10 May 1958 in Mikkeli) is a Finnish former cross country skier who competed from 1980 to 2001. During his career he won six Olympic medals (all bronzes), and also the 50 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2000. He was born at Mikkeli.
His biggest successes though were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where he earned a total of 8 medals. This included one gold (15 km: 1989), three silvers (4 x 10 km: 1989, 1995. 1997), and four bronzes (15 km: 1982, 30 km: 1985, 4 x 10 km: 1982 (shared with East Germany), 1991). Kirvesniemi ended his competition career after being caught in a doping scandal at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti.
In 1998, he earned the Holmenkollen medal (shared with Fred Børre Lundberg, Larissa Lazutina, and Alexey Prokourorov). He is married to Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, who won the Holmenkollen medal in 1989. This makes them the third husband-wife team to ever win the Holmenkollen medal.
Presently Kirvesniemi works as the Plant Manager and Board Member at Karhu Ski.
[edit] See also
- List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
- List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
- List of multiple Olympic medalists in one event
[edit] References
- Harri Kirvesniemi at the International Ski Federation
- sports-reference
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
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- 1958 births
- Living people
- People from Mikkeli
- Cross-country skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Doping cases in winter sports
- Finnish cross-country skiers
- Finnish sportspeople in doping cases
- Holmenkollen medalists
- Holmenkollen winners
- Olympic cross-country skiers of Finland
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
