Mona-Liisa Nousiainen (née Malvalehto; 20 July 1983 – 29 July 2019) was a

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cross-country skier who competed in the

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between 2002 and 2018. Her best World Cup finish was first place in a sprint event in

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, in the

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, on 12 January 2013. Malvalehto's best finish at the

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was seventh in the sprint event at

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. In 1999, she won the Finnish Championship in

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playing. She studied at the

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. She announced her retirement from cross-country skiing after not being selected for the

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. Mona-Liisa Nousiainen was married to fellow cross-country skier

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since 2015, with whom she had one daughter. She was a friend of Swedish cross-country skier

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. Nousiainen died of

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on 29 July 2019 at the age of 36. She is buried in Valkeala cemetery in

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Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

World Championships

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*1 victory

Team podiums

*1 victory – (1 ) *2 podiums – (2 )

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nousiainen, Mona-Liisa 1983 births 2019 deaths Skiers from Rovaniemi Finnish female cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic cross-country skiers for Finland Deaths from stomach cancer in Finland 20th-century Finnish women