Liisa Veijalainen
Liisa Kaarina Veijalainen ( born Liukkonen; born April 4, 1951 in Piikkiö ) is a former Finnish orienteer.
Liisa Veijalainen was 19 years old when she first took part in the World Championships. In the individual it was no more than 40th place out in the season it was also already been used and reached the fourth place in the team with Sinikka Kukkonen and Pirjo Seppä. In the next World Championships in 1972 in Czechoslovakia, she managed to move into the top. In individual they finished sixth, with the season - the same as in 1970 - they won the gold medal ahead of the Swedes and Tschechoslowakinnen. In 1974, she was able to repeat their sixth place in Silkeborg, Denmark. At the Nordic Championships in 1975, she won silver behind Mona Nørgaard from Denmark. Her first World Cup victory celebrated in 1976 in Aviemore. Before the Swedish Kristin Cullmann and Anna Lundmark is Veijalainen took victory at the 8.9 -kilometer route. In the relay with Outi Borgenström and Sinikka Kukkonen, she was silver medalist. The following two world championships were held in two consecutive years due to the change of the international competition calendar. 1978 in Kongsberg and 1979 in Tampere, Finland Veijalainen each was Vice World Champion in singles and World Champion in the relay. In Tampere, she had to just under her compatriot Outi Borgenström beaten in the season they won with Leena Leena Silvennoinen and Salmenkylä. Your road to success continued into 1980, when she won the title before Outi Borgenström at the Nordic Championships.
Veijalainen married in the 1970s, her former coach Seppo Veijalainen. During her career, she competed for the clubs Piikkiön Karhu, Liedon Parma and Parma MS.