Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
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Medal record | |||
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Women's cross country skiing | |||
Olympic Games | |||
Gold | 1984 Sarajevo | 5 km | |
Gold | 1984 Sarajevo | 10 km | |
Gold | 1984 Sarajevo | 20 km | |
Bronze | 1984 Sarajevo | 4 x 5 km | |
Bronze | 1988 Calgary | 4 x 5 km | |
Bronze | 1994 Lillehammer | 5 km | |
Bronze | 1994 Lillehammer | 30 km | |
World Championships | |||
Gold | 1978 Lahti | 4 x 5 km | |
Gold | 1989 Lahti | 10 km classical | |
Gold | 1989 Lahti | 4 x 5 km | |
Silver | 1985 Seefeld | 10 km | |
Silver | 1989 Lahti | 15 km | |
Silver | 1991 Val di Fiemme | 5 km | |
Silver | 1993 Falun | 15 km |
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (née Hämäläinen; born September 10, 1955 in Simpele) is a former Finnish 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. 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 x 5 km (1978, 1989), and four silvers in the 5 km (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.
Kirvesniemi is the daughter of Kalevi Hämäläinen, winner of the 50 km event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.
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- Holmenkollen Winners since 1892
- Holmenkollen Medalists
- FIS Biography (Listed as Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Haemaelaeinen.)
Olympic champions in women's 5 km cross-country skiing |
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1964: Klavdija Bojarskikh | 1968: Toini Gustafsson | 1972: Galina Kulakova | 1976: Helena Takalo | 1980: Raisa Smetanina | 1984: Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | 1988: Marjo Matikainen-Kallström | 1992: Marjut Lukkarinen | 1994: Lyubov Yegorova | 1998: Larisa Lazutina |
Olympic champions in women's 10 km cross-country skiing |
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1952: Lydia Wideman | 1956: Ljubov Kozyreva | 1960: Maria Gusakova | 1964: Klavdija Bojarskikh | 1968: Toini Gustafsson | 1972: Galina Kulakova | 1976: Raisa Smetanina | 1980: Barbara Petzold | 1984: Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | 1988: Vida Vencienė | 2002: Bente Skari | 2006: Kristina Šmigun |
Olympic champions in women's 30 km cross-country skiing |
As 20 km - 1984: Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | 1988: Tamara Tikhonova |
As 30 km - 1992: Stefania Belmondo | 1994: Manuela Di Centa | 1998: Julija Tchepalova | 2002: Gabriella Paruzzi | 2006: Kateřina Neumannová |
World champions in women's 10 km cross-country skiing |
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1954: Ljubov Kozyreva | 1958: Alevtina Kolchina | 1962: Alevtina Kolchina | 1966: Klavdija Bojarskikh | 1970: Alevtina Olyunina | 1974: Galina Kulakova | 1978: Zinaida Amosova | 1982: Berit Aunli | 1985: Anette Bøe | 1987: Anne Jahren | 1989 classical: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi | 1989 freestyle: Yelena Välbe | 1991: Yelena Välbe | 2001: Bente Skari | 2003: Bente Skari | 2005: Kateřina Neumannová |
Preceded by Matti Nykänen & Hermann Weinbuch |
Holmenkollen medal 1989 |
Succeeded by Vergard Ulvang, Trond Einar Elden, Ernst Vettori, & Jens Weissflog |
Categories: 1955 births | Competitors at the 1984 Winter Olympics | Competitors at the 1988 Winter Olympics | Competitors at the 1994 Winter Olympics | Finnish cross-country skiers | Holmenkollen medalists | Holmenkollen winners | Living people | Multiple Olympic gold medalists | Olympic gold medalists for Finland | Olympic bronze medalists for Finland