Pirkko Sisko Määttä (born 7 March 1959) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who was born in

Kuusamo Kuusamo (; ; ; ) is a List of cities and towns in Finland, town and municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. It is located in Koillismaa, the northeastern part of the Northern Ostrobothnia regions of Finland, region. The municipality h ...

and competed from 1982 to 1995. She won two 4 × 5 km relay bronze medals (1984, 1988) at the

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. Määttä won a complete set of medals at the

1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1989 took place 17–26 February 1989 in Lahti, Finland, for a record fifth time (1926, 1938, 1958, 1978). The women's 5 km was not held after being reintroduced in the previous championships. These cha ...

with a gold in the 4 × 5 km relay, a silver in the 10 km classical, and a bronze in the 15 km. She earned her only individual victory at a 1992 event in

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Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

* 2 medals – (2 bronze)

World Championships

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

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*3 podiums

Team podiums

* 1 victory * 11 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

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* * * 1959 births Living people People from Kuusamo Finnish female cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Skiers from North Ostrobothnia Long stubs with short prose {{Finland-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub