Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi

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Medal record
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	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 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.

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• FIS Biography (As Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Haemaelaeinen.)
• Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)

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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: Yuliya Chepalova * 2002: Gabriella Paruzzi * 2006: Kateřina Neumannová

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World champions in women's 10 km cross-country skiing

1954: Lyubov Kozyreva * 1958: Alevtina Kolchina * 1962: Alevtina Kolchina * 1966: Klavdiya Boyarskikh * 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 * 2007: Kateřina Neumannová

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World champions in women's cross country skiing 4 x 5 km relay

(As 3 x 5 km) 1954 Soviet Union Lyubov Kozyreva, Margarita Maslennikova & Valentina Tsaryova
1958 Soviet Union Radya Yeroshina, Alevtina Kolchina & Lyubov Kozyreva
1962 Soviet Union Lyubov Baranova, Maria Gusakova & Alevtina Kolchina
1966 Soviet Union Klavdiya Boyarskikh, Rita Achkina & Alevtina Kolchina
1970 Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva, Galina Kulakova & Alevtina Olyunina
(As 4 x 5 km) 1974 Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva, Nina Selyunina, Raisa Smetanina & Galina Kulakova
1978 Finland Taina Impiö, Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen, Hilkka Riihivuori & Helena Takalo
1982 Norway Anette Bøe, Inger Helene Nybråten, Berit Aunli & Britt Pettersen
1985 Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova, Raisa Smetanina, Liliya Vasilchenko & Anfisa Romanova
1987 Soviet Union Antonina Ordina, Nina Gavrilyuk, Larisa Ptistyna, & Anfisa Reztsova
1989 Finland Pirkko Määttä, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Jaana Savolainen & Marjo Matikainen
1991 Soviet Union Lyubov Yegorova, Raisa Smetanina, Tamara Tikhonova & Yelena Välbe
1993 Russia Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk & Lyubov Yegorova
1995 Russia Olga Danilova, Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina & Nina Gavrilyuk
1997 Russia Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk & Yelena Välbe
1999 Russia Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Anfisa Reztsova & Nina Gavrilyuk
2001 Russia Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Yuliya Chepalova & Nina Gavrilyuk
2003 Germany Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel & Evi Sachenbacher
2005 Norway Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Kristin Størmer Steira & Marit Bjørgen
2007 Finland Virpi Kuitunen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen & Pirjo Manninen

Preceded by Matti Nykänen & Hermann Weinbuch

Holmenkollen medal 1989

Succeeded by Vegard Ulvang, Trond Einar Elden, Ernst Vettori, & Jens Weissflog