Riitta-Liisa Roponen (née Lassila, born 6 May 1978) is a Finnish cross-country skier who has competed since 1998.

Career

She won a bronze in the 4 × 5 km relay at the

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. Roponen also won two team sprint medals at the

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with a gold in 2007 (with Virpi Kuitunen) and a silver in 2005 (with Pirjo Manninen). Roponen also earned two more gold medals in the 4 × 5 km relay, earning them in 2007 and 2009. Roponen's best individual finish at the

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is sixth in the 10 km freestyle at

in 2010. She has three individual victories since 2006.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

* 1 medal – (1 bronze)

World Championships

* 7 medals – (3 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*2 victories – (1 , 1 ) *8 podiums – (6 , 2 )

Team podiums

*3 victories – (3 ) *22 podiums – (20 , 2 )

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roponen, Riitta-Liisa 1978 births Living people People from Haukipudas Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Finnish female cross-country skiers Tour de Ski skiers Olympic cross-country skiers of Finland Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from North Ostrobothnia 21st-century Finnish women