Hilkka Riihivuori
Hilkka Riihivuori (née Kuntola, born 24 December 1952 in Jurva, Southern Ostrobothnia) is a Finland, Finnish former cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s and 1980s. She competed in three Winter Olympics, earning a total of four medals (1972 and 1976 under her maiden name and 1980 under her married name.). Riihivuori also competed several times at the Holmenkollen ski festival, winning twice at 10 km (1974, 1980) and once at 5 km (1977). Riihivuori's biggest success was at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where she won two medals in the 10 km (silver: 1982, bronze: 1978), a gold medal in the 4 × 5 km relay (1978), and two silver medals in the 5 km (1978, 1982). For her successes in Nordic skiing World Championships and at the Holmenkollen, Kuntola received the Holmenkollen medal in 1977 (Shared with Helena Takalo and Walter Steiner.). Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the Internati ...
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Jurva
Jurva is a List of former municipalities of Finland, former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated to Kurikka on 1 January 2009. It is located in the provinces of Finland, province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia regions of Finland, region. The municipality had a population of 4,611 (2003) and covered an area of 447.18 km² of which 3.11 km² is water. The population density was 10.3 inhabitants per km². The municipality was unilingually Finnish language, Finnish. External links Jurva villages cite
Populated places disestablished in 2009 2009 disestablishments in Finland Former municipalities of Finland Kurikka, *Jurva {{WesternFinland-geo-stub ...
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Née
A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth register may by that fact alone become the person's legal name. The assumption in the Western world is often that the name from birth (or perhaps from baptism or '' brit milah'') will persist to adulthood in the normal course of affairs—either throughout life or until marriage. Some possible changes concern middle names, diminutive forms, changes relating to parental status (due to one's parents' divorce or adoption by different parents). Matters are very different in some cultures in which a birth name is for childhood only, rather than for life. Maiden and married names The French and English-adopted terms née and né (; , ) denote an original surname at birth. The term ''née'', having feminine grammatical gender, can be used ...
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Cross-country Skiing At The 1980 Winter Olympics
The 1980 Winter Olympics results in cross-country skiing. Medal summary Medal table Participating NOCs Twenty four nations sent cross-country skiers to compete in the events at Lake Placid. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Men's events Women's events See also *Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics References External linksOfficial Olympic Report {{Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics 1980 Winter Olympics 1980 Winter Olympics events Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ... Cross-country skiing competitions in the United States ...
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Cross-country Skiing At The 1976 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre
The Women's 10 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1976 Winter Olympics, in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the seventh appearance of the event. The competition was held on 10 February 1976, at the Cross Country Skiing Stadium. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross-Country Skiing At The 1976 Winter Olympics - Women's 10 kilometre Women's cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics Women's 10 kilometre cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics Oly Cross A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a sa ...

Cross-country Skiing At The 1976 Winter Olympics – Women's 5 Kilometre
The Women's 5 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1976 Winter Olympics, in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the fourth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 7 February 1976, at the Cross Country Skiing Stadium. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross-Country Skiing At The 1976 Winter Olympics - Women's 5 kilometre Women's cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics Women's 5 kilometre cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics Oly Cross A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a sa ...

Cross-country Skiing At The 1976 Winter Olympics
The 1976 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results. The women's 3 × 5 km relay was replaced by a 4 × 5 km relay at these games. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Participating NOCs Twenty four nations participated in Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympic Games. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Doping controversy Galina Kulakova of the Soviet Union finished third in the women's 5 km event, but was disqualified due to a positive test for banned substance ephedrine. She claimed that this was a result of using the nasal spray that contained the substance. Both the FIS and the IOC allowed her to compete in the 10 km and the 4 × 5 km relay. This was the first stripped medal at the Winter Olympics. See also * Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Paralympics References External linksOfficial Olympic Report {{Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics 1976 Winter Olympics 1976 Winter Ol ...
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Cross-country Skiing At The 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre
The Women's 10 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1972 Winter Olympics, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the sixth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 6 February 1972, at the Cross Country Skiing Stadium. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross-Country Skiing At The 1972 Winter Olympics - Women's 10 kilometre Women's cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics Women's 10 kilometre cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics Oly Cross A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a sa ...

Cross-country Skiing At The 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's 5 Kilometre
The Women's 5 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1972 Winter Olympics, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the third appearance of the event. The competition was held on 9 February 1972, at the Makomanai Cross Country Events Site. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross-Country Skiing At The 1972 Winter Olympics - Women's 5 kilometre Women's cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics Women's 5 kilometre cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics Oly Cross A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a sa ...

Cross-country Skiing At The 1972 Winter Olympics
The 1972 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Participating NOCs Nineteen nations participated in Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Games. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References External linksOfficial Olympic Report {{Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics 1972 Winter Olympics 1972 Winter Olympics events Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ... Cross-country skiing competitions in Japan ...
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International Ski Federation
The ''Fédération internationale de ski et de snowboard'' (FIS; en, International Ski and Snowboard Federation) is the highest international governing body for skiing and snowboarding. Founded on 2 February 1924 in Chamonix, France during the inaugural Winter Olympic Games, the FIS is responsible for the Olympic disciplines of Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined, freestyle skiing, and snowboarding. The FIS is also responsible for setting the international competition rules. The organization has a membership of 132 national ski associations, and is based in Oberhofen am Thunersee, Switzerland. It changed its name to include snowboard in 2022. Most World Cup wins More than 45 World Cup wins in all disciplines run by International Ski Federation for men and ladies: Updated as of 21 March 2021 Ski disciplines The federation organises the following ski sport disciplines, for which it oversees World Cup competitions and World Championships: ...
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Walter Steiner
Walter Steiner (born 15 February 1951) is a Swiss former ski jumper who competed in the 1970s. Career Steiner earned a ski jumping silver medal in the Individual large hill at the 1972 Winter Olympics. He also won the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1974 and won the Ski Flying World Championships in 1972 and 1977. Steiner was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1977 (shared with Helena Takalo and Hilkka Kuntola). As of 2012 he resides in the Swedish rural town of Falun, working as a gardener. On 9 March 1973, he crashed at world record distance at 175 metres (574 ft). And again two days later he crashed at record 179 metres (587 ft), both of them achieved in Oberstdorf, West Germany. On 15 March 1974 he set and tied ski jumping world record distance at 169 metres (554 ft) with Heinz Wossipiwo. Later that day he crashed at 177 metres (581 ft) world record distance, both distances were set on Velikanka bratov Gorišek K165 in Planica, Yugoslavia. S ...
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Helena Takalo
Anni Helena Takalo (née Kivioja, born 28 October 1947) is a Finnish former cross-country skier. She was born in Nivala, and was dominant women's cross-country skiing in the 1970s, earning five Winter Olympic medals and four FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medals (golds in 5 km and 4 × 5 km relay (both 1978), and bronzes in 3 × 5 km relay (1970), 10 km (1974), and 20 km (1978).). Takalo also won the women's 5 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1976. For her cross-country skiing successes, she earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1977 (Shared with Hilkka Riihivuori and Walter Steiner Walter Steiner (born 15 February 1951) is a Swiss former ski jumper who competed in the 1970s. Career Steiner earned a ski jumping silver medal in the Individual large hill at the 1972 Winter Olympics. He also won the ski jumping competition a ...). Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Gam ...
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