Henna Raita
Henna Raita 
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| birthday | 24th January 1975 (age 45) | ||||||
| place of birth | Lahti , Finland | ||||||
| size | 173 cm | ||||||
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| discipline | Slalom, giant slalom | ||||||
| society | Lahden Hiihtoseura | ||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||
| End of career | April 9, 2006 | ||||||
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Henna Raita (born January 24, 1975 in Lahti ) is a former Finnish ski racer . She almost exclusively drove races in the slalom discipline , occasionally also in giant slalom .
biography
After having competed in FIS races and various junior races for five years , Raita first appeared in the European Cup in January 1995 . On December 20, 1997 she started in the World Cup for the first time , at the slalom in Val-d'Isère . She scored World Cup points for the first time on March 1st, 1998, when she was 27th in the slalom in Saalbach-Hinterglemm . Two cruciate ligament tears forced her to take longer breaks in 1996/97 and 1998/99, which she used for her art studies at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi . In the 1997/98 season in between, she won the slalom championship of the European Cup with four wins.
From the 1999/2000 season, Raita established herself in the midfield of the Slalom World Cup (there was always no success in giant slaloms). On February 20, 2000 she achieved the best result of her career when she was sixth in Åre . In the 2000/01 season she won the slalom classification of the European Cup for the second time. On January 13, 2002, she equalized her best result in the World Cup in Saalbach-Hinterglemm. At the 2002 Winter Olympics , she finished eighth in slalom. After the 2001/02 season, Raita was regularly ranked in the World Cup points, but there were no results among the top ten. In March 2006, she resigned from top-class sport.
successes
Olympic games
- Salt Lake City 2002 : 8th slalom
- Turin 2006 : 20th slalom
World championships
- St. Anton 2001 : 11th slalom
- St. Moritz 2003 : 22nd slalom
- Santa Caterina 2005 : 11th slalom
World cup
- 8 placements among the top ten
European Cup
- Season 1997/98 : 1. slalom standings
- Season 1999/2000 : 3. slalom standings
- Season 2000/01 : 4th overall, 1st slalom standings
- Season 2004/05 : 2. Slalom standings
- 25 podium places, including 12 wins (all with one exception in slalom)
Junior World Championships
- Maribor 1992 : 38th giant slalom, 43rd Super-G
- Monte Campione 1993 : 37th giant slalom, 61st Super-G
- Lake Placid 1994 : 40th Super-G
More Achievements
- 14 victories in FIS races
- 3 Finnish championship titles (slalom 2002 and 2006, giant slalom 2002)
Web links
- Henna Raita in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Henna Raita in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Henna Raita in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Portrait on skiinfo.de
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Raita, henna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lahti , Finland |