Pirkko Määttä

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Pirkko Määttä
Medal record

Women's cross country skiing
Olympic Games
Bronze	1984 Sarajevo	4 x 5 km
Bronze	1988 Calgary	4 x 5 km
World Championships
Gold	1989 Lahti	4 x 5 km
Silver	1989 Lahti	10 km classical
Bronze	1989 Lahti	15 km

Pirkko Määttä (born March 7, 1959 in Kuusamo) is a former Finnish cross-country skier who competed from 1982 to 1995. She won two 4 x 5 km relay bronze medals (1984, 1988) at the Winter Olympics.

Määttä won a complete set of medals at the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 4 x 5 km, a silver in the 10 km classical, and a bronze in the 15 km. She earned her only individual victory at a 1992 event in Norway.

External links

Pirkko Maeaettae at the International Ski Federation

v t e World champions in women's cross-country skiing 3/4 x 5 km relay

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

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 2009: Finland Pirjo Muranen Virpi Kuitunen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 2011: Norway Vibeke Skofterud Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen 2013: Norway Heidi Weng Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen

Persondata
Name	Maatta, Pirkko
Alternative names
Short description	Cross-country skier
Date of birth	March 7, 1959
Place of birth
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