Elja Hyytiäinen (born 4 January 1961) is a

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former cross-country skier who competed during the 1980s. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...

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Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

* 1 medal – (1 bronze)

World Championships

World Cup

Season standings

Team podiums

* 7 podiums Note: Until the

1994 Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fr ...

, Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

External links

CNN Sports Illustrated (As Eija Hyytiainen)
1961 births Living people People from Saarijärvi Finnish female cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Sportspeople from Central Finland 20th-century Finnish women {{Finland-XC-skiing-bio-stub