Toini Pöysti, who started for the Noormarkun Nopsa, had her first success in international races in 1954 at the Holmenkollen at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival . There she won the 10 km run. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in 1958 , he won the silver medal with the relay. In addition, she was seventh there over 10 km. The following year she won the Svenska Skidspelen in Falun over 10 km. and won second place over 10 km at the Lahti Ski Games . At the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley , she won the bronze medal with the relay and also took sixth place over 10 km. In March 1960 she triumphed over 10 km at the Lahti Ski Games. In the following year, she took second place over 10 km at the Lahti Ski Games behind Siiri Rantanen . At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane in 1962 , she finished ninth over 10 km. She was nominated for the season there. In the same year she won the Svenska Skidspelen with the relay. At the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck in 1964 , she won the bronze medal with the relay like four years earlier. She finished fifth in the individual races over 5 km and 10 km. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in February 1966 in Oslo , she finished ninth over 10 km and fifth place with the relay. The following month, she finished third over 10km at the Lahti Ski Games. In 1960 she won the Finnish championships over 10 km.
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