Harri Kirvesniemi
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| 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 Kirvesniemi (born May 10, 1958, in Mikkeli, Finland) was a 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.
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 Alexi 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 Product Manager at Karhu Sporting Goods.
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| World champions in men's 15 km cross country |
| As 18km - 1925: Otakar Nemecky | 1927: John Lindgren | 1929: Veli Saarinen | 1930: Arne Rustadstuen | 1931: Johan Grøttumsbråten | 1933: Nils-Joel Englund | 1934: Sulo Nurmela | 1935: Klaes Karppinen | 1937: Lars Bergendahl | 1938: Pauli Pitkänen | 1939: Jussi Kurikkala | 1950: Karl-Erik Åström |
| As 15km - 1954: Veikko Hakulinen | 1958: Veikko Hakulinen | 1962: Assar Rönnlund | 1966: Gjermund Eggen | 1970: Lars-Göran Åslund | 1974: Magne Myrmo | 1978: Józef Łuszczek | 1982: Oddvar Brå | 1985: Kari Härkönen | 1987: Marco Albarello | 1989 freestyle: Gunde Svan | 1989 classical: Harri Kirvesniemi | 1991: Bjørn Dæhlie | 2001: Per Elofsson | 2003: Axel Teichmann | 2005: Pietro Piller Cottrer |
| Preceded by Bjarte Engen Vik, Stefania Belmondo, & Bjørn Dæhlie |
Holmenkollen medal with Fred Børre Lundberg, Larissa Lazutina, & Alexey Prokourorov 1998 |
Succeeded by Kazuyoshi Funaki |
Categories: 1958 births | Competitors at the 1980 Winter Olympics | Competitors at the 1984 Winter Olympics | Competitors at the 1988 Winter Olympics | Competitors at the 1992 Winter Olympics | Competitors at the 1994 Winter Olympics | Competitors at the 1998 Winter Olympics | Doping cases in winter sports | Finnish cross-country skiers | Holmenkollen medalists | Holmenkollen winners | Living people | Winter Olympics medalists
