Aino-Kaisa Saarinen

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Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Cross-country skiing
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (2010)

Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (2010)

nation FinlandFinland Finland
birthday 1st February 1979 (age 41)
place of birth Hollola , Finland
size 166 cm
Weight 58 kg
Career
society Lempäälän Kisa
status active
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 2 × silver 3 × bronze
World Cup medals 4 × gold 1 × silver 5 × bronze
National medals 3 × gold 4 × silver 5 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
bronze 2006 Turin Team sprint
bronze 2010 Vancouver 30 km classic
bronze 2010 Vancouver 4 × 5 km relay
silver 2014 Sochi Team sprint
silver 2014 Sochi 4 × 5 km relay
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
gold 2007 Sapporo Season
gold 2009 Liberec 10 km classic
gold 2009 Liberec Team sprint
gold 2009 Liberec Season
bronze 2009 Liberec persecution
silver 2011 Oslo Team sprint
bronze 2011 Oslo 10 km classic
bronze 2011 Oslo Season
bronze 2015 Falun Season
bronze 2017 Lahti Season
Finnish Ski Association logo Finnish championships
gold 2009 Jämijärvi 10 kn classic
gold 2010 Kontiolahti 30 kn classic
bronze 2011 Kuopio sprint
silver 2012 Keuruu 3.3 km classic
silver 2012 Keuruu 10 km pursuit
silver 2013 Jämijärvi 5 kn classic
silver 2014 Vantaa 10 km classic
bronze 2014 Vaajakoski 20 km classic
bronze 2017 Keuruu 10 km classic
bronze 2017 Kontiolahti 5 km freestyle
bronze 2017 Kontiolahti 15 km classic
gold 2018 Hakunila Skiathlon
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup March 7, 1998
 World Cup victories in individual 3 ( details )
 World Cup victories in the team 4 ( details )
 World Cup victories in stages 1 ( details )
 Overall World Cup 3rd ( 2008/09 )
 Sprint World Cup 4. ( 2004/05 , 2009/10 )
 Distance World Cup 2. ( 2008/09 )
 Tour de Ski 2. ( 2008/09 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Sprint races 0 4th 3
 Distance races 3 5 9
 Stage race 1 7th 3
 Season 3 8th 9
 Team sprint 1 2 2
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
 Debut in the Continental Cup December 9, 2000
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 COC individual race 0 1 1
 OPA individual race 0 2 1
Placements in the marathon or Worldloppet Cup
 Debut in the Cup January 13, 2013
 Overall rating 19. ( 2012/13 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Single race 0 0 1
last change: January 14, 2018

Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (born February 1, 1979 in Hollola ) is a Finnish cross-country skier . Her greatest successes include four world championship titles in 2007 and 2009 as well as two Olympic silver medals in Sochi in 2014 .

Career

Saarinen made her debut in the cross-country skiing world cup on March 7, 1998 in Lahti . As the 51st, she remained far behind the points. A year later she started at the Junior World Championships in 1999 in Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer . Over the 15 km in free style, she finished 23rd. Before that she had run the 5 km in classic style on the 15th place. After Saarinen had only made it into the top 20 twice at the following World Cups, she started twice in the cross-country Continental Cup in Orsa . After two top 10 placements, she came back to the World Cup squad. On February 4, 2001 Saarinen ran in Nové Město na Moravě for the first time in the top 10 in a World Cup.

A year later she formed a team sprint duo for the first time with Annmari Viljanmaa and ran with her in Lahti to ninth place. On March 10, 2002, she was in Falun for the first time in the Finnish women's relay, with which she ran to fifth place. In the 2002/03 season Saarinen succeeded in Nové Město na Moravě with the relay as third, the first podium of her career in the World Cup. At the following World Championship in 2003 in Val di Fiemme , she finished 25th in the mass start after 15 km. She was 29th in the sprint before she crossed the finish line in 22nd in the final 30 km individual race. In the first World Cup after the World Cup at Holmenkollen in Oslo , Saarinen was third on the podium for the first time in an individual race.

On March 29, 2004, Saarinen won the Finnish championship in the 30 km race in classic style. Over the same distance she finished fourth at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2005 . She was also eighth in the sprint and fifth in the relay. In March she was second on the podium again at the Sprint World Cup in Gothenburg . A few days later she won her first relay world cup together with Kirsi Välimaa , Riitta-Liisa Roponen and Virpi Kuitunen in Falun .

In the 2005/06 season started Saarinen with a second place in the sprint in Dusseldorf . A month later she was on the podium again with the relay in Beitostølen . In December 2005 she started for four races in the cross-country alpine cup . After four top 10 finishes, including three podiums, she came back to the World Cup squad and finished ninth in Otepää . At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Saarinen won the bronze medal together with Virpi Kuitunen . Over the 10 km in classic style and with the relay, she came in seventh. After finishing 26th in the sprint, she finished the final 30km mass start race in 17th place. Together with Kuitunen, Saarinen started the 2006/07 season with a third place in the team sprint in Düsseldorf . The same placement she achieved a short time later with the relay in Gällivare . She celebrated another individual podium place as third in the 10 km individual race in Cogne, Italy . The Tour de Ski 2006/07 she finished in fourth place overall. At the following Nordic World Ski Championships in 2007 in Sapporo , Japan , she won her first world title in the relay race with Virpi Kuitunen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen and Pirjo Muranen . In the race over the 30 km individual distance, she missed her first individual medal and finished fourth.

On March 17, 2007 Saarinen celebrated her first World Cup victory in a single race over the 30 km in Oslo. After further good placements, she finally reached fifth place in the overall World Cup. In the distance classification, she secured third place. She could not build on this success at the beginning of the 2007/08 season. After only one place on the podium in Davos , she started in the 2007/08 Tour de Ski , but did not get past 17th overall, although she was able to win the 10 km stage of Nové Město na Moravě. From the beginning of February 2008 Saarinen again showed significantly better performances and reached various podium positions by the end of the season, with which she was finally able to place ninth in the overall World Cup. In the winter of 2008/09 she started with a third place in Gällivare. In Kuusamo she won her second World Cup over 10 km. Just a week later, she was back on top of the podium with the relay in La Clusaz . In the Tour de Ski 2008/09 she competed with her teammate Kuitunen for the overall victory and in the end had to admit defeat by just 7.2 seconds. A week later she won her second Finnish championship in Jämijärvi .

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec in 2009 , Saarinen was able to win her first world championship title in a single discipline over 10 km in classic style. She also won the team sprint title together with Kuitunen. A day later she was able to win gold with the Finnish relay. At the 2009 cross-country world cup finals , Saarinen finished in 16th place. In November 2009 she celebrated another individual World Cup victory in Kuusamo. The Tour de Ski 2009/10 ended Saarinen after two second and one third place in stages at the end in fourth place overall. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Saarinen won the bronze medal in the 30 km classic race and together with Kuitunen, Muranen and Roponen in the relay competition over 4 × 5 km. She finished ninth in the 2010 cross-country world cup final . Saarinen won another national title in Kontiolahti .

In the following winter of 2010/11 Saarinen started weakly and also found it difficult to prevail in the Tour de Ski 2010/11 and ended up 13th in the overall ranking. In the following 2011 World Championships in Norway Oslo they certainly demonstrated their quality test. So she won the classic bronze medal over 10 km. In the team sprint, she and Krista Lahteenmaki only had to admit defeat to the Swedes and won silver. With the season she finally won another bronze medal. Saarinen finished the season in ninth place in the overall World Cup ranking.

At the Nordic Opening 2011 in Kuusamo , Saarinen took seventh place. In January 2012 she won two silver medals over 3.3 km in the classic style and in the 10 km pursuit at the Finnish Championships. Saarinen had previously run to ninth place in the overall ranking of the 2011/12 Tour de Ski . As a result, it was difficult for her to build on the successes of previous years. There were no podium ranks. In January 2013, however, she was third in the Jizera Mountains as part of the Cross-Country Marathon Cup . At the 2013 World Championships in Val di Fiemme , Saarinen only started over the 30 km and finished in 17th place. In the World Cup, Saarinen was rarely among the top twenty. Only with the relay was she able to achieve further successes and was second on a World Cup podium for the first time at the beginning of the 2013/14 season in Lillehammer .

In contrast to the previous results, Saarinen and Anne Kyllönen won the Asiago team sprint on December 22, 2013 . The Tour de Ski 2013/14 she finished in ninth. In the following team sprint, which she contested with Mona-Liisa Malvalehto , Saarinen again ran on the podium and came in second. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia's Sochi Saarinen won in the team sprint and the relay ever the silver medal. Over the 10 km individual distance, she narrowly missed an individual medal in fourth. She could not build on these performances back in the World Cup events and shows rather poor performances. There were also no further titles at the national championships. At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun , she won the bronze medal with the relay.

After finishing the Nordic Opening in Ruka only 43rd at the beginning of the 2015/16 season , she left the World Cup squad and after this result was not included in the overall ranking of the World Cup for the first time in her career. The now 37-year-old came back to the World Cup for the 2016/17 season . She finished the Tour de Ski 2016/17 in 17th place overall. At the beginning of February 2017 she was third in the Finnish championships in Keuruu over 10 km classic. At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti , she won the bronze medal with the relay. In addition, she finished 14th in the 30 km mass start race and fifth together with Kerttu Niskanen . At the end of the season she came in 19th place at the World Cup finals in Québec and reached 24th place in the overall World Cup and 21st place in the Distance World Cup. After finishing 32nd in the Ruka Triple and 15th in the Tour de Ski 2017/18 at the beginning of the 2017/18 season, she became the Finnish skiathlon champion in Hakunila in January 2018 . At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , she finished 25th in the sprint, 20th in the 30km mass start race and fourth in the relay. At the end of the season she came in 23rd place at the World Cup finals in Falun and reached 22nd place in the overall World Cup and 19th place in the Distance World Cup.

Victories in world cup races

World Cup victories in individual

No. date place discipline
1. March 17, 2007 NorwayNorway Oslo 30 km classic
2. November 30, 2008 FinlandFinland Kuusamo 10 km classic
3. November 29, 2009 FinlandFinland Kuusamo 10 km classic

Stage victories in world cup races

No. date place discipline run
 1. January 2, 2008 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Nové Město na Moravě 10 km classic Tour de Ski 2007/08

World Cup victories in the team

No. date place discipline
1. March 20, 2005 SwedenSweden Falun 4 × 5 km relay 1
2. January 15, 2006 ItalyItaly Val di Fiemme 4 × 5 km relay 2
3. December 7, 2008 FranceFrance La Clusaz 4 × 5 km relay 3
4th December 22, 2013 ItalyItaly Asiago Classic team sprint 4

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

  • 2006 Turin : 3rd place team sprint classic, 7th place relay, 7th place 10 km classic, 17th place 30 km freestyle mass start, 26th place sprint freestyle
  • 2010 Vancouver : 3rd place relay, 3rd place 30 km classic mass start, 5th place 15 km skiathlon, 13th place sprint classic, 15th place 10 km freestyle
  • 2014 Sochi : 2nd place team sprint classic, 2nd place relay, 4th place 10 km classic, 5th place 15 km skiathlon, 21st place 30 km freestyle mass start
  • 2018 Pyeongchang : 4th place relay, 20th place 30 km classic mass start, 25th place sprint classic

Nordic World Ski Championships

  • 2001 Lahti : 11th place sprint freestyle
  • 2003 Val di Fiemme : 22nd place 30 km freestyle, 25th place 15 km classic mass start, 29th place sprint freestyle
  • 2005 Oberstdorf : 4th place 30 km classic mass start, 5th place relay, 8th place sprint classic, 30th place 15 km skiathlon
  • 2007 Sapporo : 1st place relay, 4th place 30 km classic mass start, 6th place 15 km skiathlon, 18th place sprint classic
  • 2009 Liberec : 1st place team sprint classic, 1st place relay, 1st place 10 km classic, 3rd place 15 km skiathlon, 7th place 30 km freestyle mass start
  • 2011 Oslo : 2nd place team sprint classic, 3rd place relay, 3rd place 10 km classic, 8th place 15 km skiathlon, 23rd place 30 km freestyle mass start
  • 2013 Val di Fiemme : 17th place, 30 km classic mass start
  • 2015 Falun : 3rd place relay, 7th place 30 km classic mass start, 15th place 15 km skiathlon, 18th place sprint classic
  • 2017 Lahti : 3rd place relay, 5th place classic team sprint, 14th place 30 km freestyle mass start

Placements in the World Cup

World Cup Statistics

The table shows the placements achieved in detail.

  • 1st – 3rd place: Number of podium placements
  • Top 10: Number of places in the top ten
  • Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks
  • Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
  • Note: In the distance races, the classification is based on the FIS.
placement Distance races a Skiathlon
pursuit 		sprint Stage
race b 		total Team c
≤ 5 km ≤ 10 km ≤ 15 km ≤ 30 km > 30 km sprint Season
1st place 3 1 4th 1 3
2nd place 2 4th 2 1 6th 1 16 2 8th
3rd place 6th 1 1 2 5 15th 2 9
Top 10 11 44 6th 7th 1 18th 43 7th 137 11 30th
Scoring 18th 80 16 12 2 58 105 19th 310 13 31
Starts 29 94 20th 16 2 69 124 22nd 376 13 31
Status: end of season 2017/18
a including individual starts and mass starts according to FIS classification
bEntire race, not individual stages, e.g. B. Tour de Ski, Nordic Opening, season finale
c Possibly incomplete due to a lack of suitable sources before 2001

World Cup overall placements

season total distance sprint
Points space Points space Points space
1999/2000 37 49. - - 37 31.
2000/01 117 28. - - 103 15th
2001/02 36 62. - - 12 53.
2002/03 169 27. - - 57 33.
2003/04 435 14th 230 16. 205 7th
2004/05 484 8th. 227 17th 290 4th
2005/06 404 12. 242 13. 162 18th
2006/07 826 5. 441 3. 214 7th
2007/08 826 9. 456 8th. 330 6th
2008/09 1465 3. 708 2. 407 5.
2009/10 1123 4th 466 6th 399 4th
2010/11 715 9. 446 7th 149 19th
2011/12 852 8th. 488 8th. 168 20th
2012/13 304 26th 220 21st 58 35.
2013/14 570 13. 331 8th. 103 21st
2014/15 245 29 135 28. 30th 46.
2015/16 - - - - - -
2016/17 311 24. 198 21st 33 41.
2017/18 293 22nd 160 19th 53 38.

Private

In 2016 Saarinen published her autobiography together with the author Pekka Holopainen under the title Tulin, Nain ja voitin ( Eng . I came, saw and won ). In the same year she was involved in the discovery of the doping of Therese Johaug . In 2017 Saarinen took over the patronage of the cross-country skiing competitions and championships in Vierumäki .

Web links

Commons : Aino-Kaisa Saarinen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FIS Junior World Ski Championships 1999 - Ladies' 15km F in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  2. ↑ FIS Junior World Ski Championships 1999 - Ladies' 5 km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  3. ↑ World Ski Championships 2003 - Ladies' 15 km C Mst in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  4. ↑ World Ski Championships 2003 - Ladies' SP 1.5 km F Final in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  5. ↑ World Ski Championships 2003 - Ladies' 30 km F in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  6. ↑ World Ski Championships 2005 - Ladies' 30 km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  7. ↑ World Ski Championships 2005 - Ladies' SP 0.9 km C Final in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  8. ↑ World Ski Championships 2005 - Ladies' Rel 4x5 km M in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  9. ↑ Tour de Ski 2006/07 in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  10. ↑ World Ski Championships 2007 - Ladies' Rel 4x5 km M in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  11. ↑ World Ski Championships 2007 - Ladies' 30 km C Mst in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  12. ↑ Tour de Ski 2008/09 in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  13. ↑ National Championships - Ladies' 10 km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  14. ↑ World Ski Championships 2009 - Ladies' 10 km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  15. ↑ World Ski Championships 2009 - Ladies' 1.3 km C Team Sprint in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  16. ↑ World Ski Championships 2009 - Ladies' Rel 4x5 km M in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  17. ↑ World Cup - Ladies' Overall Standings in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  18. ↑ Tour de Ski 2009/10 in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  19. ↑ World Cup - Ladies' Overall Standings in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  20. ↑ Tour de Ski 2010/11 in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  21. ↑ World Ski Championships 2011 - Ladies' 10 km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  22. ↑ World Ski Championships 2011 - Ladies' Team Sprint C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  23. ↑ Nordic Opening 2011 - Ladies' Overall Standings in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  24. ↑ Tour de Ski 2011/12 in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  25. ↑ World Ski Championships 2013 - Ladies' 30 km C Mst in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  26. ↑ Tour de Ski 2013/14 in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  27. ^ Aino-Kaisa Saarinen is excited to make a comeback on international level. In: en.rukanordic.com. November 25, 2016, accessed February 18, 2017 .
  28. ↑ Tour de Ski 2016/17 in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  29. ↑ Arvio: Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Pekka Holopainen - Tahto - Aino-Kaisa saarisen kasvot kahdet. In: jylkkari.fi. November 21, 2016, accessed February 18, 2017 (Finnish).
  30. ↑ "Paketissa on punainen kieltomerkki ja sana DOPING" - Norjalaislehti vahvistaa Aino-Kaisa Saarisen havainnon. In: uusisuomi.fi. October 13, 2016, accessed February 18, 2017 (Finnish).
  31. ↑ Aino-Kaisa Saarinen nuorten SM-viestien yes KLL: n kilpailun suojelijaksi. In: hiihtoliitto.fi. October 10, 2016, accessed February 18, 2017 (Finnish).
personal data
SURNAME Saarinen, Aino-Kaisa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH 1st February 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Hollola , Finland