Riikka Sirviö

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Riikka Sirviö
Country Finland
Born (1974-04-11) 11 April 1974 (age 50)
Kajaani, Finland
Ski clubJyväskylän Hiihtoseura
World Cup career
Seasons9 – (19952003)
Starts76
Podiums0
Overall titles0 – (25th in 2001)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Representing  Finland
Women's cross-country skiing
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Trondheim 4 × 5 km relay

Riikka Sirviö (born 11 April 1974) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed from 1994 to 2003. She won a bronze medal at the 4 × 5 km relay in the 1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and had her best finish of sixth in the 15 km event at the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

Sirviö had seven individual victories at 5 km (all in Finland) from 1997 to 2002.

Cross-country skiing results[edit]

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

World Championships[edit]

  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   5 km 
 individual 
 10 km 
 individual 
 15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1997 22 10 21 14 Bronze
1999 24 28 32 11
2001 26 15 CNX[a]
2003 28 12 6 30 DSQ
a. 1 Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup[edit]

Season standings[edit]

 Season   Age 
Overall Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint
1995 20 NC
1996 21 33
1997 22 28 31 47
1998 23 49 NC 39
1999 24 61 NC 69
2000 25 35 53 45 22
2001 26 25 38
2002 27 36 26
2003 28 39 27

Team podiums[edit]

  • 5 podiums – (4 RL, 1 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
1  1995–96  17 March 1996 Norway Oslo, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Pyykkönen / Pulkkinen / Kittilä
2  1996–97  28 February 1997 Norway Trondheim, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Championships[1] 3rd Pyykkönen / Pulkkinen / Salonen
3 9 March 1997 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Pyykkönen / Pulkkinen / Salonen
4  2000–01  13 January 2001 United States Soldier Hollow, United States 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Rauhala / Välimaa / Saarinen
5 2001–02 13 January 2002 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F World Cup 3rd Roponen

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "SIRVIOE Riikka". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2019.

External links[edit]