Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
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| Full name | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 September 1955 Simpele, South Karelia, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | Simpeleen Urheilijat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 1982-1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 2 (1982/83, 1983/84) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (née Hämäläinen; born 10 September 1955) is a Finnish former cross country skier. 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 (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 five Finns to have done so - the others being Raimo Helminen (ice hockey), Teemu Selänne (ice hockey), Kyra Kyrklund (dressage), and Juha Hirvi (shooting).
See also
References
- Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Haemaelaeine at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file Template:No icon
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file Template:No icon
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- 1955 births
- Living people
- People from Rautjärvi
- Cross-country skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- 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
- Finnish cross-country skiers
- Holmenkollen medalists
- Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
- Olympic gold medalists for Finland
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- Olympic cross-country skiers of Finland
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- Female cross-country skiers
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
- Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics