Virpi Sarasvuo

Virpi Kuitunen Katriina ( born May 20, 1976 in Kangasniemi ) is a former Finnish cross-country skier.

Career

In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 in their native Finland, Lahti, she won the gold medal in the pursuit. Shortly after, she was found guilty of doping and topped with a two -year ban, she was allowed to keep her title, however, as the doping test after the World Cup race was negative. At the World Championships 2005 in Oberstdorf, she won the silver medal in the 30 km race in classic technique. On January 15, 2006, she won with the Finnish relay (together with Aino Kaisa Saarinen - Riitta -Liisa Lassila and Kaisa Varis ) the World Cup race in Val di Fiemme.

At the Olympic Winter Games 2006 in Turin, she won in the team sprint together with Aino Kaisa Saarinen - the bronze medal. A great success of her career was the victory in the Tour de Ski 2007 Marit before Bjørgen and Valentina Schewschenko.

In the Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo 2007 she won each of the gold medal in the 30 km classic, freestyle team sprint (together with Riitta -Liisa Roponen ) and with the Finnish team in the 4x5 km relay (together with Aino - Kaisa Saarinen, Riitta Pirjo -Liisa Roponen and Manninen ), and the bronze medal in the sprint, which was held in the classical technique.

With the success of the sprint in Lahti on March 10, 2007, Virpi Kuitunen secured for the first time in their career victory in the World Cup. The following winter she could defend the title in the World Cup successfully.

In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec Kuitunen could together with Aino Kaisa Saarinen - defend her title superior in the team sprint, a day later she was able to get with the Finnish team the gold medal.

Together with Pirjo Muranen, Riitta -Liisa Roponen and Aino Kaisa Saarinen - Kuitunen reached at the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010 the bronze medal in the relay race 4 x 5 km.

Sporting successes

Olympic Winter Games

  • 2006: 1x Bronze ( team sprint )
  • 2010: 1x Bronze (Season )

World Championships

  • 2001: 1x Gold ( tracking)
  • 2005: 1x Silver (30 km classic )
  • 2007: 3x Gold (30 km classical, team sprint, relay), 1x Bronze ( Sprint)
  • 2009: 2x Gold ( team sprint, relay)

World Cup wins

  • 20 wins

Tour de Ski

  • Overall victory of the Tour de Ski 2006/2007, while two stage wins (sprint in Asiago and 15 - km race in Cavalese )
  • Two stage wins (5- km race in Nove Mesto na Moravě and 10 - km race in Cavalese )
  • Three stage wins (10 - km pursuit in Oberhof, 10- km race in Nove Mesto na Moravě and 10 - km race in Val di Fiemme )
Winter Olympic Games Nordic skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 2006–07 FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2007–08 FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2006–07 Tour de Ski 2008–09 Tour de Ski Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Reit im Winkl Drammen Davos Kuusamo Cogne Italy France Bormio 2007–08 Tour de Ski Oberhof, Germany List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in men's cross-country skiing Justyna Kowalczyk Lyubov Yegorova Stefania Belmondo Ida Ingemarsdotter Charlotte Kalla Kikkan Randall Galina Kulakova Raisa Smetanina Berit Aunli Manuela Di Centa Gabriella Paruzzi Yevdokiya Mekshilo Babben Enger-Damon Hilkka Riihivuori Marlies Rostock Carola Anding Britt Pettersen Tamara Tikhonova Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Heidi Weng 2009–10 Tour de Ski 2010–11 Tour de Ski 2011–12 Tour de Ski 2012–13 Tour de Ski 2013–14 Tour de Ski
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