Helena Takalo
Appearance
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![]() Helena Takalo in March, 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Anni Helena Takalo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 28 October 1947 Nivala, Finland | (age 76)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seasons | 1 – (1982) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starts | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (47th in 1982) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anni Helena Takalo (née Kivioja, born 28 October 1947) is a Finnish former cross-country skier. She was born in Nivala, and was dominant women's cross-country skiing in the 1970s, earning five Winter Olympic medals and four FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medals (golds in 5 km and 4 × 5 km relay (both 1978), and bronzes in 3 × 5 km relay (1970), 10 km (1974), and 20 km (1978).).
Takalo also won the women's 5 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1976. For her cross-country skiing successes, she earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1977 (Shared with Hilkka Riihivuori and Walter Steiner).
Cross-country skiing results
[edit]All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]
Olympic Games
[edit]- 5 medals – (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km | 3/4 × 5 km relay |
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1968 | 20 | 22 | DNF | — |
1972 | 24 | 9 | 5 | Silver |
1976 | 28 | Gold | Silver | Silver |
1980 | 32 | 5 | Bronze | 5 |
World Championships
[edit]- 5 medals – (2 gold, 3 bronze)
Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km | 20 km | 3/4 × 5 km relay |
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1970 | 22 | — | — | — | Bronze |
1974 | 26 | — | Bronze | — | 4 |
1978 | 30 | Gold | 13 | Bronze | Gold |
1982 | 34 | — | — | — | 4 |
World Cup
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Season | Age | Overall |
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1982 | 34 | 47 |
References
[edit]- ^ "TAKALO Helena". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
External links
[edit]- Helena Takalo at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Helena Takalo at Olympedia
- Helena Takalo at Olympics.com
- Helena Takalo at Olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish)
Categories:
- 1947 births
- Living people
- People from Nivala
- Cross-country skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Finnish female cross-country skiers
- Holmenkollen medalists
- Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
- Olympic cross-country skiers for Finland
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
- Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Finland
- Olympic silver medalists for Finland
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- Skiers from North Ostrobothnia
- 20th-century Finnish women
- Finnish cross-country skiing biography stubs