Pulkkinen, who started for the Sulkavan Urheilijat -41, made her debut in the World Cup in Lahti in March 1994 and took tenth place with the relay. At the beginning of the 1994/95 season she ran her first race in the Continental Cup in Ilomantsi , which she finished classically in 14th place over 5 km and in Östersund her first individual race in the World Cup, which she placed 21st over 30 km Freestyle ended and at the same time got her first World Cup points. At the Junior World Ski Championships in Gällivare in 1995 , she was seventh over 15 km freestyle and won the bronze medal with the relay. In the 1995/96 season she came in 14 individual starts in the World Cup, ten times in the points. With 12th place over 5 km freestyle in Seefeld in Tyrol, she achieved her best individual placement in the World Cup and at the end of the season with 24th place in the overall World Cup, her best overall result. She was also in March 1996 second in Oslo with the relay. After seventh place over 5 km classic and third place over 5 km freestyle at the Continental Cup in Kittilä at the beginning of the 1996/97 season, she achieved 37th place in the overall World Cup with seven places in the points. At the season highlight, the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1997 in Trondheim , she won the bronze medal with the relay. Her best placement in the individual was 16th place over 30 km classic and in the pursuit. In March 1997, she took third place with the relay at the World Cup in Falun . In the following season, she ran her 33rd and last individual World Cup race in Ramsau am Dachstein , which she finished in 43rd place in the pursuit. At her only Olympic participation in February 1998 in Nagano she finished 57th place over 5 km classic and 51st place in the pursuit.
Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games
Olympic games
1998 Nagano : 51 place 10 km pursuit, 57th place 5 km classic
Nordic World Ski Championships
1997 Trondheim : 3rd place relay, 16th place 10 km pursuit, 16th place 30 km classic, 19th place 15 km freestyle, 25th place 5 km classic
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.
Finland
