Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Women's cross country skiing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | |||
| Bronze | 2006 Turin | Team sprint | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 2007 Sapporo | 4 x 5 km | |
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (born February 1, 1979) is a Finnish cross country skier who has competed since 1998. She won a bronze medal in the team sprint event (with Virpi Kuitunen) at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and earned her best individual finish of 7th in the 10 km classical event in those same games.
Saarinen also won a gold in the 4 x 5 km at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo. Her best individual finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was fourth in the 30 km event in 2005. She has six individual victories in FIS races since 2002, but did not win her first World Cup event until she won the 30 km classical event at the Holmenkollen ski festival on March 17, 2007.
[edit] Career highlights
- Olympic Winter Games
- 2006 - Torino,
3rd, team sprint (with Virpi Kuitunen) - 2006 - Torino, 7th, 10 km classic
- 2006 - Torino, 7th, 4x5 km relay (with Kuitunen / Roponen / Venäläinen)
- 2006 - Torino, 26th, 1.2 km freestyle sprint
- 2006 - Torino, 17th, 30 km freestyle mass start
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
- 2001 - Lahti, 11th, 1 km freestyle sprint
- 2003 - Val di Fiemme, 25th, 15 km classic mass start
- 2003 - Val di Fiemme, 29th, 1.5 km freestyle sprint
- 2003 - Val di Fiemme, 22nd, 30 km freestyle
- 2005 - Oberstdorf, 30th, 2x7.5 km pursuit
- 2005 - Oberstdorf, 5th, 4x5 km relay (with Välimaa / Kuitunen / Roponen)
- 2005 - Oberstdorf, 8th, 0.9 km classic sprint
- 2005 - Oberstdorf, 4th, 30 km classic mass start
- 2007 - Sapporo, 18th, 1.2 km classic sprint
- 2007 - Sapporo, 6th, 2x7.5 km pursuit
- 2007 - Sapporo, 4th, 30 km classic mass start
- World Cup
- 2003 - Nove Mesto, 3rd, 4x5 km relay (with Välimaa / Hietamäki-Pienemäki / Varis)
- 2003 - Oslo, 3rd, 30 km classic
- 2005 - Otepää, 3rd, 4x5 km relay (with Välimaa / Sarasoja / Kuitunen)
- 2004 - Umea, 3rd, 4x5 km relay (with Salonen / Sarasoja / Venäläinen)
- 2004 - Gällivare,
2nd, 4x5 km relay (with Välimaa / Kuitunen / Roponen) - 2005 - Pragelato, 3rd, 6x1.2 km classic team sprint (with Pirjo Manninen)
- 2005 - Göteborg, 2nd, 1 km freestyle sprint
- 2005 - Falun,
1st, 4x5 km relay (with Välimaa / Roponen / Kuitunen) - 2005 - Düsseldorf, 2nd, 0.8 km freestyle sprint
- 2005 - Beitostølen, 3rd, 4x5 km relay (with Välimaa / Roponen / Kuitunen)
- 2006 - Lago di Tesaro, 1st, 4x5 km relay (with Kuitunen / Roponen / Varis)
- 2006 - Düsseldorf, 3rd, 6x0.8 km freestyle (with Virpi Kuitunen)
- 2006 - Gällivare, 3rd, 4x5 km relay (with Välimaa / Roponen / Kuitunen)
- 2006 - Cogne/Val d'Aosta, 3rd, 10 km classic
- 2007 - Cavalese, 2nd, 15 km classic mass start
- 2007 - Rybinsk, 3rd, 15 km freestyle mass start
- 2007 - Davos, 3rd, 4x5 km relay (with Manninen / Venäläinen / Roponen)
- 2007 - Drammen, 3rd, 1 km classic sprint
- 2007 - Oslo, 1st, 30 km classic
- 2007 - Falun, 2nd, 4x5 km relay (with Muranen / Kuitunen / Roponen)
- 2007 - Beitostølen, 3rd, 4x5 km relay (with Sarasoja / Roponen / Muranen)
- 2007 - Davos, 3rd, 10 km classic
- 2007 - Nove Mesto, 2nd, 3.3 km classic prologue
- 2008 - Nove Mesto, 1st, 10 km classic
- Continental Cup
- 2002 - Val di Fiemme, 2nd, 15 km freestyle mass start
- 2003 - Ainiovaara, 3rd, 5 km classic
- Organisation of Alps Nations
- 2005 - Dobbiaco, 2nd, 5 km classic
- 2005 - Campra, 3rd, 5 km freestyle
- 2005 - Campra, 2nd, 10 km classic mass start
[edit] External links
- FIS-Ski: Aino-Kaisa Saarinen - statistics
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Official website (Finnish)
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