Aino-Kaisa Saarinen

Born

1 February 1979
Hollola, Finland

Height

1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)^[1]

Ski club

Lempäälän Kisa^[1]

World Cup career

Seasons

1998–

Individual wins

Indiv. podiums

Medal record

Women's cross country skiing
Competitor for Finland
Olympic Games
	2014 Sochi	4 x 5 km relay
	2014 Sochi	Team sprint
	2006 Turin	Team sprint
	2010 Vancouver	30 km classical
	2010 Vancouver	4 x 5 km relay
World Championships
	2007 Sapporo	4 x 5 km relay
	2009 Liberec	10 km
	2009 Liberec	Team sprint
	2009 Liberec	4 x 5 km relay
	2011 Holmenkollen	Team sprint
	2009 Liberec	15 km pursuit
	2011 Holmenkollen	10 km
	2011 Holmenkollen	4 x 5 km relay
	2015 Falun	4 x 5 km relay

Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (born 1 February 1979) is a Finnish cross country skier who has competed since 1998.

Career

Competing in two Winter Olympics, she won three bronze medals with one in 2006 (Team sprint) and two in 2010 (30 km, 4 x 5 km).

Saarinen also won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with four golds (Team sprint: 2009, 10 km: 2009, 4 x 5 km: 2007, 2009) and two bronzes (7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit: 2009, 10 km: 2011). 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.

Saarinen finished second in the 2008/2009 Tour De Ski behind Virpi Kuitunen.

References

1 2 "Team Nordic Aino-Kaisa Saarinen". Rossignol. Retrieved 2013-03-06.

External links

Aino-Kaisa Saarinen at the International Ski Federation
Official website (Finnish)
Holmenkollen winners since 1892 – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)

World champions in women's cross-country skiing team sprint

2005: Norway (Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Marit Bjørgen) 2007: Finland (Riitta-Liisa Roponen, Virpi Kuitunen) 2009: Finland (Virpi Kuitunen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen) 2011: Sweden (Ida Ingemarsdotter, Charlotte Kalla) 2013: United States (Jessica Diggins, Kikkan Randall) 2015: Norway (Ingvild Flugstad Østberg, Maiken Caspersen Falla)

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

1954: Lyubov Kozyreva (URS)
1958: Alevtina Kolchina (URS)
1962: Alevtina Kolchina (URS)
1966: Klavdiya Boyarskikh (URS)
1970: Alevtina Olyunina (URS)
1974: Galina Kulakova (URS)
1978: Zinaida Amosova (URS)
1982: Berit Aunli (NOR)
1985: Anette Bøe (NOR)
1987: Anne Jahren (NOR)
1989 classical: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)
1989 freestyle: Yelena Välbe (URS)
1991: Yelena Välbe (URS)
2001: Bente Skari (NOR)
2003: Bente Skari (NOR)
2005: Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)
2007: Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)
2009: Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN)
2011: Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
2013: Therese Johaug (NOR)
2015: Charlotte Kalla (SWE)

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 2015: Norway Heidi Weng Therese Johaug Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Marit Bjørgen

Awards

Finnish Sports Personality of the Year

Finnish Sportswoman of the Year

Kerttu Pehkonen (1947)
Sylvi Saimo (1948)
Eevi Huttunen (1949)
Sylvi Saimo (1950)
Eevi Huttunen (1951)
Sylvi Saimo (1952)
Eevi Huttunen (1953)
Siiri Rantanen (1954)
Mirja Hietamies (1955)
Siiri Rantanen (1956)
Iris Sihvonen (1957)
Siiri Rantanen (1958)
Siiri Rantanen (1959)
Eevi Huttunen (1960)
Mirja Lehtonen (1961)
Maire Rautakoski (1962)
Mirja Lehtonen (1963)
Kaija Mustonen (1964)
Maire Lindholm (1965)
Eila Pyrhönen (1966)
Eija Krogerus (1967)
Kaija Mustonen (1968)
Marjatta Kajosmaa (1969)
Marjatta Kajosmaa (1970)
Marjatta Kajosmaa (1971)
Marjatta Kajosmaa (1972)
Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (1973)
Riitta Salin (1974)
Helena Takalo (1975)
Helena Takalo (1976)
Lea Hilokoski (1977)
Helena Takalo (1978)
Outi Borgenström (1979)
Hilkka Riihivuori (1980)
Hilkka Riihivuori (1981)
Hilkka Riihivuori (1982)
Tiina Lillak (1983)
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (1984)
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (1985)
Marjo Matikainen (1986)
Marjo Matikainen (1987)
Marjo Matikainen (1988)
Marjo Matikainen (1989)
Päivi Alafrantti (1990)
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (1991)
Marjut Lukkarinen (1992)
Sari Essayah (1993)
Sari Essayah (1994)
Sari Laine (1995)
Heli Rantanen (1996)
Raija Koskinen (1997)
Satu Pusila (1998)
Tuuli Matinsalo (1999)
Pia Sundstedt (2000)
Pirjo Manninen (2001)
Heli Koivula (2002)
Hanna-Maria Seppälä (2003)
Tanja Poutiainen (2004)
Tanja Poutiainen (2005)
Tanja Poutiainen (2006)
Virpi Kuitunen (2007)
Satu Mäkelä-Nummela (2008)
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (2009)
Minna Kauppi (2010)
Kaisa Mäkäräinen (2011)
Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén (2012)
Tuula Tenkanen (2013)

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