Sirkka Polkunen

Sirkka Tellervo Vilander ( born November 6, 1927 in Jyväskylä as Sirkka Polkunen ) is a former Finnish cross country skier who competed in the 1950s.

Your biggest achievement is winning the gold medal with the Finnish 3x5 km relay at the Olympic Winter Games in 1956, together with Siiri Rantanen and Mirja Hietamies. In 1952 she had become over 10 km Fifth. Another Season medal, the silver, was added at the 1954 World Cup.

Achievements

  • Olympic Winter Games 1956 in Cortina d' Ampezzo: Gold in the relay
  • Nordic World Ski Championships 1954 in Falun, silver team
Finland 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
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