Marika Mikkola
Marika Mikkola ( born August 24, 1971) is a former Finnish orienteer.
In 1995 she was together with Anniina Paronen, Kirsi Tiira and Johanna Tiira in the second season running Finnish Nordic Champion. 1996 and 1997, she was with the squadron of the association Angelniemen Ankkuri Finnish Champion, 1998, she won the Venla relay. Later she moved to Espoon Suunta. In 2000, she competed at the European Championships in Ukraine and took on both the short and on the long distance 33rd place. The stronger their occurrence was a year later, when she on the long distance won the silver medal at the World Championships in Tampere home. Your behind the winner Simone Niggli in Switzerland was only three seconds. It started with Reeta Kolkkala, Liisa Anttila and Johanna Asklöf in the relay. The Finns referenced by a margin of nearly four minutes, the scales of Sweden and Norway to the places. In her second World Championships in Västerås, Sweden 2004 Mikkola won the bronze medal on the long distance. Three days later she won with Minna Kauppi and Heli Jukkola as first leg of the Finnish relay yet another silver medal. In 2008 she returned temporarily to the World Cup and was a victory in the sprint for the first time Finnish champion in a single competition. She started doing for the club Kalevan Rasti from Joensuu.