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Pirkko Määttä

Pirkko Määttä
Country Finland
Full namePirkko Sisko Määttä
Born (1959-03-07) 7 March 1959 (age 65)
Kuusamo, Finland
Ski clubKuusamon Erä-Veikot
World Cup career
Seasons14 – (19821995)
Starts80
Podiums3
Wins0
Overall titles0 – (9th in 1986, 1989)
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Sarajevo 4 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Calgary 4 × 5 km relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1989 Lahti 4 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place 1989 Lahti 10 km classical
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Lahti 15 km classical

Pirkko Sisko Määttä (born 7 March 1959) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who was born in Kuusamo and competed from 1982 to 1995. She won two 4 × 5 km relay bronze medals (1984, 1988) at the Winter Olympics.[1]

Määttä won a complete set of medals at the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 4 × 5 km relay, 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.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games

  • 2 medals – (2 bronze)
 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   20 km   30 km   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1984 24 10 19 9 Bronze
1988 28 16 7 Bronze
1992 32 17 4
1994 34 9 15 14 4

World Championships

  • 3 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   5 km   10 km 
 classical 
 10 km 
 freestyle 
 15 km   Pursuit   20 km   30 km   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1982 22 4
1985 25 4
1987 27 9 8 6
1989 29 Silver Bronze 21 Gold
1991 31 5 4
1993 33 6 7 15 15 4
1995 35 12 8 30 6

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Overall
1982 22 66
1983 23 22
1984 24 17
1985 25 38
1986 26 9
1987 27 12
1988 28 11
1989 29 9
1990 30 20
1991 31 16
1992 32 32
1993 33 14
1994 34 19
1995 35 18

Individual podiums

  • 3 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1  1988–89  17 December 1988 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland 10 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
2 17 February 1989 Finland Lahti, Finland 10 km Individual C World Championships[1] 2nd
3 21 February 1989 Finland Lahti, Finland 15 km Individual C World Championships[1] 3rd

Team podiums

  • 1 victory
  • 11 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1  1983–84  15 February 1984 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 4 × 5 km Relay Olympic Games[1] 3rd Hyytiäinen / Matikainen / Hämäläinen
2 26 February 1984 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay World Cup 2nd Hyytiäinen / Savolainen / Hämäläinen
3  1984–85  10 March 1985 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay World Cup 3rd Hyytiäinen / Matikainen / Kirvesniemi
4  1985–86  10 March 1985 Finland Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay C World Cup 3rd Hyytiäinen / Savolainen / Matikainen
5  1986–87  1 March 1987 Finland Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Pyykkönen / Savolainen / Matikainen
6 19 March 1987 Norway Oslo, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C World Cup 2nd Hyytiäinen / Matikainen / Pyykkönen
7  1987–88  21 February 1988 Canada Calgary, Canada 4 × 5 km Relay F Olympic Games[1] 3rd Kirvesniemi / Matikainen / Savolainen
8 13 March 1988 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C World Cup 2nd Kirvesniemi / Matikainen / Hyytiäinen
9 1988–89 23 February 1989 Finland Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Championships[1] 1st Kirvesniemi / Savolainen / Matikainen
10  1989–90  4 March 1990 Finland Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay F World Cup 3rd Kuivalainen / Hyytiäinen / Pyykkönen
11 11 March 1990 Sweden Örnsköldsvik, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Pyykkönen / Kuivalainen / Savolainen

Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pirkko Määttä". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
  2. ^ "MAEAETTAE Pirkko". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2019.


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