Kaija Marja Mustonen (born 4 August 1941) is a former

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from

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. After winning silver and bronze at the

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, Mustonen went on to win gold and silver 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 ...

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. This was the only Finnish gold medal at those games and the last Olympic gold for Finland in speed skating up to at least 2015. Her Olympic performance was acknowledged by naming her Finnish female athlete of the year in 1964 and 1968. She competed in ten World Allround Championships from 1958 to 1968 (every year except 1959), but never won a medal in the final classification – a fourth place in 1964 being her best result. She did win four distance medals though, all bronze, in the days when there was not yet a separate world championship for each distance. Nationally, she won seven all-around titles between 1962 and 1968.

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* Eng, Trond. ''All Time International Championships, Complete Results 1889 - 2002''. Askim, Norway: WSSSA Skøytenytt, 2002. * Kolkka, Sulo. ''Suomen Luisteliiton Vuosikirja, Pikaluistelija 1967'' (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: E.o. Savolaisen Kirjapaino ky, 1967. * Peltoperä, Pentti. ''Suomen Luisteliiton Vuosikirja 1965'' (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: E.o. Savolaisen Kirjapaino ky, 1965. * Peltoperä, Pentti. ''Suomen Luisteliiton Vuosikirja 1966'' (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: E.o. Savolaisen Kirjapaino ky, 1966. * Santala, Martti en Pajunen, Aarno. ''Pikaluistelija 1/1968'' (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Suomen Luisteliitto, 1968. * Teigen, Magne. ''Komplette resultater, Internasjonale Mesterskap 1889-1989'' (in Norwegian). Veggli, Norway: WSSSA Skøytenytt, 1989.

External links

Kaija Mustonen at SkateResults.com
1941 births Living people Sportspeople from Helsinki Finnish female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Finland Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Finland Olympic silver medalists for Finland Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in speed skating Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics {{Finland-speed-skating-bio-stub