Riitta-Liisa Roponen

Riitta -Liisa Roponen, born Lassila ( born May 6, 1978 in Haukipudas ), is a Finnish cross-country skier.

Career

Roponen won the World Championship in 2005 along with Pirjo Manninen silver in the team sprint. In the Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo 2007 she won a gold medal in freestyle team sprint (together with Virpi Kuitunen ) and with the Finnish team in the season.

On January 15, 2006 Roponen won with the Finnish relay (together with Aino Kaisa Saarinen -, Virpi Kuitunen and Kaisa Varis ) the World Cup races in Val di Fiemme. Her first World Cup victory in the individual could achieve on 20 January 2007 in the Russian Rybinsk. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec she could win gold in the relay.

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

In the winter of 2013 and 2014 she won the Engadin Ski Marathon.

Achievements

  • 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver: bronze team
  • Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 in Oberstdorf: silver in the team sprint
  • Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo 2007: gold in the team sprint gold in the relay
  • Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec 2009: Gold in the relay
Finland Winter Olympic Games Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 2006–07 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Aino-Kaisa Saarinen List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in men's cross-country skiing Ida Ingemarsdotter Charlotte Kalla Kikkan Randall 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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