Kirsi Välimaa

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Kirsi Välimaa Cross-country skiing
nation FinlandFinland Finland
birthday October 15, 1978
place of birth Jämijärvi
Career
status resigned
End of career 2008
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup November 28, 1998
 World Cup victories in the team 1 ( details )
 Overall World Cup 19th ( 2002/03 )
 Sprint World Cup 13th ( 2004/05 )
 Distance World Cup 27. ( 2003/04 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Sprint races 0 1 1
 Season 1 2 5
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
 Debut in the Continental Cup January 9, 1999
 Continental Cup victories 3 ( details )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 COC individual race 3 0 1
 SCAN individual race 0 0 1
 

Kirsi Välimaa (born October 15, 1978 in Jämijärvi ) is a former Finnish cross-country skier who competed between 1998 and 2008.

Career

Välimaa scored their only World Cup victory in a relay race in the Swedish Falun in the 2004/05 season . In addition, she was twice second and five times third with the season. Her best placings in the individual World Cup were third in the Oslo sprint in March 2003 and second in the Lahti sprint in March 2005. In the overall World Cup, she was 19th in the 2002/03 season and 13th in the Sprint World Cup 2004/05 season her best results. At the 2006 Winter Olympics , she finished 34th in the skiathlon. She achieved her best result at the Nordic World Ski Championships with fifth place in the relay race at the 2005 World Championships in Oberstdorf . Her best individual result at the World Championships in 2003 was a tenth place over the distance of ten kilometers. She won three times in the Continental Cup . She is married to the biathlete Timo Antila .

successes

World Cup victories in the team

No. date place discipline
1. March 20, 2005 SwedenSweden Falun 4 × 5 km relay 1

Victories in Continental Cup races

No. date place discipline series
1. January 18, 2001 FinlandFinland Mäntyharju 15 km classic Continental Cup
2. January 12, 2002 EstoniaEstonia Otepää 5 km classic Continental Cup
3. January 13, 2002 EstoniaEstonia Otepää 10 km skiathlon Continental Cup

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   1
2nd place 1 1 2
3rd place 1 1 5
Top 10 1 4th 1 1 7th 14th 14th
Scoring 1 19th 3 1 2 7th 20th 53 15th
Starts 4th 31 6th 2 2 9 23 77 15th
Status: end of career
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
2000/01 45 56. - - 45 33.
2001/02 104 38. - - 102 18th
2002/03 229 19th - - 101 18th
2003/04 208 25th 126 27. 82 25th
2004/05 213 24. 82 29 131 13.
2005/06 97 47. 85 33. 12 57.
2006/07 14th 86. 6th 76. 8th 65.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kirsi Välimaa in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
personal data
SURNAME Välimaa, Kirsi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Jämijärvi , Finland