Mirja Hietamies

Mirja Kyllikki Hietamies - Eteläpää ( born January 7, 1931 in Lemi, † March 14, 2013 ) was a Finnish cross country skier who competed in the 1950s.

Their greatest success was winning the gold medal with the Finnish 3x5 km relay at the Winter Olympics in 1956 that were considered Nordic World Ski Championships in 1956 at the same time, along with Siiri Rantanen and Sirkka Polkunen. She also was second in the 1952 10 - kilometer run. Overall, she won at the World Championships, a gold, two silver and one bronze medal.

In 1955 she was elected to the Finnish Sportswoman of the Year.

Achievements

  • Olympic Winter Games 1952 in Oslo: Silver over 10 km
  • Olympic Winter Games 1956 in Cortina d' Ampezzo: Gold in the relay
  • Nordic World Ski Championships 1954 in Falun, silver team, bronze over 10 km
Finland Finnish Sports Personality of the Year 1952 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1954 List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Yevdokiya Mekshilo Babben Enger-Damon Galina Kulakova Raisa Smetanina Marlies Rostock Carola Anding Anne Jahren Britt Pettersen Berit Aunli Tamara Tikhonova Lyubov Yegorova Viola Bauer Manuela Henkel Ida Ingemarsdotter Charlotte Kalla List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in men's cross-country skiing Hilkka Riihivuori Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Heidi Weng
391280
de