Pirjo Muranen

Pirjo Elina Muranen, born Manninen ( born March 8, 1981 in Rovaniemi ) is a former Finnish cross-country skier. She is the sister of the Nordic combiner Hannu Manninen.

Pirjo Manninen won at the 2001 World Championships gold in the sprint and the World Championship in 2005 along with Riitta -Liisa Lassila silver in the team sprint. She won in December 2002 in Linz her first World Cup race. At the 2007 World Championships in Sapporo they could win the gold medal in the 4 x 5 km with the Finnish relay.

At the Olympic Winter Games 2010 in Vancouver Muranen reached together with Virpi Kuitunen, Riitta -Liisa Roponen Aino Kaisa Saarinen and the bronze medal in the relay race 4 x 5 km.

On June 30, 2007, she married Ville Muranen and is now called Pirjo Muranen.

Achievements

  • Vancouver 2010: bronze team
  • 2001 in Lahti: Gold in the individual sprint
  • 2005 in Oberstdorf: silver in the team sprint
  • In Sapporo 2007: Gold in the relay
  • In Liberec 2009: bronze in the individual sprint gold in the relay
  • 5 wins in World Cup race
  • Sprint World Cup rankings: 2nd place 2001 3rd place 2003
Finland Winter Olympic Games FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics Karpacz List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in men's cross-country skiing Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Arianna Follis Yevdokiya Mekshilo Babben Enger-Damon Galina Kulakova Raisa Smetanina Hilkka Riihivuori Marlies Rostock Carola Anding Berit Aunli Britt Pettersen Tamara Tikhonova Lyubov Yegorova Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Heidi Weng
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