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Marjo Tuulevi Matikainen-Kallström (born February 3, 1965 in Lohja) is a politician and former Finnish cross-country skier.
Matikainen-Kallström represents Kokoomus in Finland. From 1996 to 2004 she was a Member of the European Parliament, and since 2004 she is a member of the Finnish Parliament. She had a very short but hugely winning sporting career. In the six seasons she competed at top international level, she won the World Cup three years in a row. At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Matikainen-Kallström won a bronze medal in the relay aged just 19.
Four years later in Calgary she won bronze on the 10 km race, and in the 5 km sprint won gold after being in second place all race until the last kilometre before coming through to win, 1.3 seconds ahead of Tamara Tikhonova, who had to settle for silver. That same year she won another bronze medal in the relay.
At the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, she won the 5 km sprint, and silver in the 10 km. Matikainen-Kallström finished her championship career with a fantastic 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships on her home soil in Lahti, where she won the following medals:
- Gold medal in the 15 km
- Gold medal in the 4 x 5 km
- Silver medal in the 5 km
- Silver medal in the 10 km freestyle
- Bronze medal in the 10 km classical
- Bronze medal in the 30 km classical
She retired after these championships at 24 years old to concentrate on her studies at the Helsinki University of Technology and politics.
Matikainen-Kallström also was the first winner of the women's 30 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1988.
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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 |
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