Päivi Tommola (born 1971) is a
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mountain bike orienteering
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competitor, World Champion and European Champion. She won individual gold medals at the 2002 and 2005 World Championships, and gold medals in the relay in 2002, 2004 and 2007.
2002-2005
Tommola competed at the very first World Championships, in
Fontainebleau in 2002, where she won a gold medal in the long distance. She also won a gold medal in the relay with the Finnish team, together with
Kirsi Korhonen and
Mervi Väisänen.
At the 2004 World Championships in
Ballarat she won a silver medal in the long distance, behind winner
Anke Dannowski from Germany,
and a gold medal in the relay together with
Maija Lång and Kirsi Korhonen.
She won a gold medal in the long distance at the 2005 World Championships in
Banská Bystrica.
2006-2008
When the 2006
World Championships
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were held in
Joensuu
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in Finland, Tommola won a silver medal in the relay with the Finnish team. She placed seventh in the middle distance and sixth in the long distance.
At the European Championships in
Warsaw
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in August-September 2006, the Finnish team won gold medals in the relay, with Tommola,
Ingrid Stengård and Maija Lång on the team.
At the European Championships in
Castelfiorentino 2007 Tommola won gold medals in both the long distance and the middle distance, and also a silver medal in the relay.
The 2007 World Championships were held in
Nove Mesto in August, and the Finnish relay team won gold medals with
Taija Jäppinen, Ingrid Stengård and Päivi Tommola.
She won a bronze medal in the middle distance at the 2008 World Championships in
Ostróda.
See also
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Finnish orienteers
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
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List of orienteers
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List of orienteering events
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References
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Finnish orienteers
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1971 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Finnish mountain bikers