Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja (born February 23, 1982, in

Lempäälä Lempäälä (; Swedish also ) is a municipality in the Pirkanmaa region of Finland with inhabitants (). Lempäälä is located south of the city of Tampere. The municipality covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Th ...

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) is a

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cross-country skier who has competed since 2001. At the

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, she finished eighth in the team sprint, 13th in the 30 km, 21st in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit, and 31st in the 10 km events. At the

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 ( cs, Mistrovství světa v klasickém lyžování Liberec 2009) took place 18 February – 1 March 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic. This was the fourth time these championships were hosted either i ...

in Liberec, Sarasoja finished 21st in the individual sprint, 24th in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit, and 25th in the 30 km events. Her best World Cup finish was sixth in a sprint event in

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in 2009.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

World Championships

*1 medal – (1 bronze)

World Cup

Team podiums

*6 podiums – (6 )

References

External links

* 1982 births Living people People from Lempäälä Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Finnish female cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Finland Universiade medalists in cross-country skiing Universiade silver medalists for Finland Competitors at the 2003 Winter Universiade Sportspeople from Pirkanmaa 21st-century Finnish women {{Finland-XC-skiing-bio-stub