Marjo Tuulevi Matikainen-Kallström (born 3 February 1965 in
Lohja
Lohja (; sv, Lojo) is a city and municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland. The city has a population of 47,518 (2017), and it covers an area of of which , or 8.3 percent, is water. The population density of Lohja is . The municipality is ...
) is a
politician
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and former
Finnish
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
cross-country skier.
Politics
Matikainen-Kallström represents the
National Coalition Party
sv, Samlingspartiet
, leader1_title = Chairman
, leader1_name = Petteri Orpo
, leader2_title = Deputy chairs
, leader2_name = Antti Häkkänen Elina ValtonenAnna-Kaisa Ikonen
, merger = Finnish Party, Young Finnis ...
(Kokoomus) in Finland. From 1996 to 2004 she was a
Member of the European Parliament
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When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
, and since 2004 she has been a member of the
Finnish Parliament
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.
Athletics
She had a very short but winning sporting career. In the six seasons she competed at a top international level, she won the
World Cup
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three years in a row. At the
1984 Winter Olympics
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in
Sarajevo
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, Matikainen-Kallström won a bronze medal in the relay aged just 19.
Four years later in
Calgary
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she won bronze on the 10 km race, and in the 5 km sprint won gold after being in second place all race until the last kilometre before coming through to win, 1.3
second
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s ahead of
Tamara Tikhonova
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, who had to settle for silver. That same year she won another bronze medal in the relay.
At the
1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
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in
Oberstdorf
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At the&nb ...
, she won the 5 km and silver in the 10 km. Matikainen-Kallström finished her championship career with a fantastic
1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
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on her home soil in
Lahti
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, where she won the following medals:
Matikainen-Kallström also was the first winner of the women's 30 km event at the
Holmenkollen ski festival
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History
It takes place in March ...
in 1988.
Scholastics
She quit competition after these championships at the age of 24 to concentrate on her studies at the
Helsinki University of Technology
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and on politics.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
* 4 medals – (1 gold, 3 bronze)
World Championships
* 7 medals – (3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
World Cup
Season titles
* 3 titles – (3 overall)
Season standings
Individual podiums
* 8 victories
* 17 podiums
Team podiums
* 1 victory
* 8 podiums
Note: Until the
1999 World Championships and the
1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
References
Holmenkollen winners since 1892– click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file
External links
*
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1965 births
Living people
People from Lohja
National Coalition Party politicians
Members of the Parliament of Finland (2003–07)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (2007–11)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (2011–15)
National Coalition Party MEPs
MEPs for Finland 1996–1999
MEPs for Finland 1999–2004
20th-century women MEPs for Finland
21st-century women MEPs for Finland
Cross-country skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Finnish female cross-country skiers
Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
Finnish sportsperson-politicians
Women members of the Parliament of Finland
Aalto University alumni
Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
FIS Cross-Country World Cup champions
Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Finland
Olympic bronze medalists for Finland