Arja Leena Klemz (; born 13 June 1949) is a Finnish

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

. She competed at the

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...

and the

1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe ...

. In 1972, she moved to

Inzell Inzell is a municipality in the district of Traunstein in Bavaria, Germany. It is known for the Eisstadion Inzell, an outdoor artificial ice rink that has been used for many international speed skating championships. It is now an indoor oval. Ge ...

, Germany. She married Walter Klemz and had three children, Marko, Kerstin and Melanie and six grandchildren, Lena, Hannah, Tobias, Amelie, Paula and Korbinian.

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* 1949 births Living people Finnish female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Finland Speed skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1972 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Rovaniemi Finnish emigrants to Germany {{Finland-speed-skating-bio-stub