Mirja Lehtonen

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Mirja Lehtonen Cross-country skiing
nation FinlandFinland Finland
birthday October 19, 1942
place of birth Uurainen,  FinlandFinlandFinland 
date of death August 25, 2009
Place of death Multia,  FinlandFinlandFinland 
Career
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
World Cup medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
silver 1964 Innsbruck 5 km
bronze 1964 Innsbruck Season
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
bronze 1962 Zakopane Season
 

Mirja Annikki "Mirkku" Lehtonen (born October 19, 1942 in Uurainen , † August 25, 2009 in Multia ) was a Finnish cross-country skier .

Career

Lehtonen, who started for the Uuraisten Urheilijat, won second place with the relay at the Svenska Skidspelen in Falun in 1961 . In the following year she won the bronze medal at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane in 1962 and finished in fifth place over 5 km and over 10 km. In March 1962 she won the Lahti Ski Games over 10 km. In the same year she was second in the Svenska Skidspelen over 10 km and first with the relay. In 1963 she came second at the Lahti Ski Games over 10 km and at the Svenska Skidspelen on second place with the relay and also on first place over 10 km. At her only participation in the Olympicsin February 1964 in Innsbruck she won the silver medal over 5 km and bronze with the 3x5 km relay. Over 10 km she achieved tenth place there. At the Svenska Skidspelen 1964 in Kiruna she was second with the relay. In her last year as an active cross-country skier in 1965, she won the Svenska Skidspelen with the relay and over 10 km. In March 1965 she achieved third place over 10 km at the Lahti Ski Games. In Finnish championships she won three times over 10 km (1961-1963) and twice over 5 km (1963, 1964).

In 1961 and 1963 she was athlete of the year in Finland.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Results Svenska Skidspelen
  2. ↑ a b c Results Lahti Ski Games
  3. ↑ a b Mirja Lehtonen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data
SURNAME Lehtonen, Mirja
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kierros, Mirja
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Uurainen
DATE OF DEATH August 25, 2009
Place of death Multia