Krista Pärmäkoski

	Krista Pärmäkoski
nation	Finland
birthday	12th December 1990 (age 29)
place of birth	Ikaalinen , Finland
size	160 cm
Career
discipline	Cross-country skiing
society	Ikaalisten Urheilijat
National squad	since 2007
status	active
Medal table
winter Olympics
Nordic World Ski Championships
Nordic Junior Ski World Championships
	Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup	November 29, 2008
World Cup victories in individual	2 ( details )
World Cup victories in stages	3 ( details )
Overall World Cup	2. ( 2016/17 )
Sprint World Cup	6. (2016/17)
Distance World Cup	3. (2016/17)
Tour de Ski	2. ( 2016/17 )
	Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
Debut in the Continental Cup	January 3, 2009
SCAN overall rating	15th ( 2009/10 )
	last change: March 1st, 2020

Krista Pärmäkoski (* December 12, 1990 in Ikaalinen as Krista Lähteenmäki ) is a Finnish cross-country skier .

Career

First successes as a junior

Krista Lähteenmäki competed in her first international competition in 2007 at the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Jaca . There she just missed a medal in fourth place over the classic 5 km. She was 13th over 7.5 kilometers in freestyle. In 2008 she took part in the Junior World Championship in Mals . Her best result there was eighth place over 10 kilometers freestyle (mass start). With the Finnish relay she won the bronze medal. Lähteenmäki had her first appearance in the cross-country skiing world cup at the start of the 2008/09 season in her home town of Kuusamo . There she qualified for the quarter-finals in the sprint competition and, in 29th place, won World Cup points right from the start. At the 2009 Junior World Championships in Courchevel , she won the bronze medal in the pursuit competition. She finished fourth in the 5 km freestyle. With the Finnish relay she finished fifth and in the sprint she was sixth. At the end of the season she achieved her best result of the season in the World Cup in the sprint in Lahti with 26th place. At the beginning of the 2009/10 season Lähteenmäki started in the Scandinavian Cup . She achieved her best results in Åsarna , where she finished second over 10 kilometers classic and third over 10 kilometers freestyle. She started the 2010 Junior World Championship in Hinterzarten with fifth place in the sprint competition. She became Junior World Champion over 5 kilometers. With the Finnish relay she won the silver medal behind the Norwegian team.

Promotion in the World Cup

At the World Cup in Otepää she achieved her best ever World Cup result with 18th place over 10 kilometers. These good results secured her the start at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver . Over 10 kilometers freestyle she was 52nd and over 30 kilometers classic (mass start) she was 25th. Lähteenmäki made her breakthrough to the top of the world right at the beginning of the 2010/11 season when she was twelfth overall at the Nordic Opening . At the World Cup in Davos , she achieved her first top ten result in the classic world cup with eighth place over 10 kilometers. At the Tour de Ski 2010/2011 she celebrated her first podium finish in a World Cup competition as second in the sprint in Oberhof . After Lähteenmäki had been blocked by the FIS for five days due to high hemoglobin levels in January , a few days later she received a special permit that allowed her to have a higher hemoglobin level and was able to take part in the U23 championship in Otepää, Estonia. There she won the gold medal in the 10 kilometer freestyle with a one minute lead.

Rise to the top of the world

Lähteenmäki achieved her final rise to the top of the world with her start at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo in 2011 . After a 16th place in the sprint and 31st place in the double pursuit over 15 km, she won the silver medal together with Aino-Kaisa Saarinen in the team sprint behind the Swedish duo Ida Ingemarsdotter / Charlotte Kalla . She was also successful with the team in the relay and won bronze. After the world championship, however, she could no longer build on the performance and missed the points in the World Cup in all races. At the Finnish Championships 2011 in Kuopio , she narrowly missed the medal ranks in the sprint as fifth. Even in the individual over 30 km in free style, she could not win a medal as fourth. In the following FIS races in April and at the beginning of the 2011/12 season, she achieved placements among the top ten without exception. At the World Cup opener in Sjusjøen , she was able to run on the podium again as third after finishing 11th in the individual with the team in the relay.

In January 2012 Lähteenmäki surprised with a second place in the qualification for the World Cup race in Toblach , but could not keep this performance in the final and was 13th at the end of the Tour de Ski 2011/2012 , she finished fourth after good individual performances. Once again, she narrowly missed an important individual podium. At the Finnish Cross-Country Ski Championships 2012 in Keuruu , she won her first national title over 3.3 km in classic style and bronze in the 10 km pursuit in free style. At the two subsequent World Cups in Moscow and Rybinsk , she was again just behind the podium. But she managed to achieve a team podium again with the relay in Nové Město na Moravě in second place. She won bronze at the Finnish Sprint Championships at the end of the season. She did not take part in the individual competition over 30 km.

As a result, Lähteenmäki had to fight again with her performance. As in the previous year , she reached fourth place in the Tour de Ski 2012/2013 . However, there were no major successes in the other World Cups. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2013 in Val di Fiemme , she won the bronze medal for the first time in the team sprint after silver in 2011. Since she was not one of the strongest in the individual disciplines, she was not given a place in the relay. After she could hardly keep up with the world's best in the other World Cups, she ended the season by winning the bronze medal at the Finnish Championships in 2013 in Kontiolahti over 30 km in classic style. At the beginning of the 2013/14 season she came 12th at the Nordic Opening in Kuusamo . It was followed by a second place with the relay in Lillehammer . She finished the Tour de Ski 2013/14 in fourth place. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , she won the silver medal with the relay. At the end of the season, she finished 11th in the World Cup finals in Falun and thus reached eighth place in the overall World Cup.

In the 2014/15 season Pärmäkoski took eighth place at the Nordic Opening in Lillehammer . At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun , she won bronze with the relay. In March 2015 she became Finnish champion over 30 km. After eighth place at the Nordic Opening in Ruka at the beginning of the 2015/16 season, she achieved second place in Lillehammer with the relay and in Toblach over 10 km classic. At the beginning of January 2016, she was eighth in the Tour de Ski . At the following World Cup in Nové Město she came in third place with the relay. At the end of January she became Finnish champion over 10 km. At the end of the season she came fourth in the Ski Tour Canada . She finished third in the 10 km freestyle in Canmore and ran the fastest time on the final stage. She finished the season in ninth place in the Sprint World Cup, fifth in the Distance World Cup and fourth in the overall World Cup. In April 2016 she became Finnish champion over 3.75 km classic. After finishing second over 10 km classic at the first World Cup station of the 2016/17 season in Ruka, she took third place on the World Cup mini tour in Lillehammer. She ran the fastest time on the final stage. This was followed by a third place in the 15 km freestyle in Davos . At the Tour de Ski 2016/17 she finished with seven top ten positions, including third place in the 5 km mass start race in Val Müstair and second place in the 5 km freestyle in Toblach, second place behind Heidi Weng in the overall standings. At the following World Cup in Ulricehamn , she came second in the 10 km freestyle. At the beginning of February 2017 she became Finnish champion over 10 km classic in Keuruu . At the season highlight of the Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti , she won the bronze medal with the relay and the silver medal in the skiathlon. In addition, she achieved seventh place over 10 km classic and sixth place in the 30 km mass start race. In March 2017, she took second place in the sprint in Drammen and in the 50 km mass start race in Oslo . At the end of the season she came fifth in the overall standings at the World Cup final in Québec . She achieved third place in the mass start stage over 10 km classic and reached sixth place in the Sprint World Cup, third place in the Distance World Cup and second place in the overall World Cup. At the Finnish championships in Kontiolahti and Ylitornio in April 2017 , she was champion in the 30 km freestyle and second in the 15 km mass start race and the 5 km freestyle.

At the beginning of the 2017/18 season, Pärmäkoski finished 15th in the Ruka Triple, third in the 10 km freestyle in Davos and second in the sprint in Lillehammer . At the Tour de Ski 2017/18 she came in five top ten placements and fourth in the overall standings. She achieved third place in the mass start race over 10 km freestyle in Oberstdorf and second place in the mass start race over 10 km classic in Fiemme Valley. In January 2018 she won the classic 10 km in Planica . At the highlight of the season, the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , she finished in the top ten in all races. In the skiathlon and over 10 km freestyle she won the bronze medal and in the 30 km mass start race the silver medal. In March 2018, she triumphed in Lahti over 10 km classic and at the World Cup final in Falun , which she finished in sixth place, in the 10 km mass start race. Finally, she reached seventh place in the Sprint World Cup and fourth place in both the overall World Cup and the Distance World Cup. In April 2018 she became Finnish champion over 30 km classic in Taivalvaara .

After finishing fifth in the Lillehammer Tour at the beginning of the 2018/19 season, Pärmäkoski finished third in the relay in Beitostølen and third in the 10 km freestyle in Davos . She finished the Tour de Ski 2018/19 with five top ten placements, including second place in the final stage, in third place. This was followed by a third place with the relay in Ulricehamn and a Finnish championship title in Imatra over 10 km classic. Her best placements at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 in Seefeld in Tirol were sixth place with the relay and fourth place over 10 km classic. At the World Cup finals in Québec she came fourth, including second place in the pursuit and finally reached 14th place in the sprint world cup and fourth place in the overall and in the distance world cup. In the 2019/20 season she was Finnish champion over 10 km classic, sixth in the Ruka Triple and seventh in the 2020 ski tour. She also achieved third place over 10 km classic and second place in the relay, finishing in ninth place in Lahti Place in the overall World Cup and seventh place in the Distance World Cup.

Private

In August 2014 she married Tommi Pärmäkoski .

successes

World Cup victories in individual

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	January 21, 2018	Slovenia Planica	10 km classic
2.	4th March 2018	Finland Lahti	10 km classic

Stage victories in world cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	run
1.	March 12, 2016	Canada Canmore	10 km pursuit classic ¹	Ski Tour Canada 2016
2.	4th December 2016	Norway Lillehammer	10 km pursuit classic ¹	Nordic Opening 2016
3.	17th March 2018	Sweden Falun	10 km classic mass start	World Cup Final 2018

¹ Counted as the winner due to the fastest running time.

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

2010 Vancouver : 25th place 30 km classic mass start, 52nd place 10 km freestyle
2014 Sochi : 2nd place relay, 10th place 10 km classic, 13th place 15 km skiathlon, 18th place 30 km freestyle mass start
2018 Pyeongchang : 2nd place 30 km classic mass start, 3rd place 15 km skiathlon, 3rd place 10 km freestyle, 4th place relay, 5th place team sprint freestyle, 9th place sprint classic

Nordic World Ski Championships

2009 Liberec : 37th place 10 km classic
2011 Oslo : 2nd place team sprint classic, 3rd place relay, 5th place 10 km classic, 11th place 30 km freestyle mass start, 16th place sprint freestyle, 31st place 15 km skiathlon
2013 Val di Fiemme : 3rd place team sprint freestyle, 8th place 15 km skiathlon, 14th place sprint classic, 15th place 10 km freestyle
2015 Falun : 3rd place relay, 20th place 10 km freestyle, 23rd place 15 km skiathlon
2017 Lahti : 2nd place 15 km skiathlon, 3rd place relay, 6th place 30 km freestyle mass start, 7th place 10 km classic
2019 Seefeld in Tirol : 4th place 10 km classic, 6th place relay, 7th place team sprint classic, 8th place 15 km skiathlon, 11th 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
placement	≤ 5 km	≤ 10 km	≤ 15 km	≤ 30 km	> 30 km	Skiathlon pursuit	sprint	Stage race ^b	total	sprint	Season
1st place		3				2			5
2nd place	2	5		1		3	2	1	14th		4th
3rd place	1	7th	1			1		2	12		4th
Top 10	11	42	7th	5		41	22nd	20th	148	1	14th
Scoring	21st	59	10	8th	1	50	73	26th	248	3	14th
Starts	22nd	62	10	8th	1	54	79	26th	262	3	14th
Status: end of season 2019/20

^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

World Cup overall placements

season	total		distance		sprint
season	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
2008/09	7th	112.	-	-	7th	74.
2009/10	13	102.	13	77.	-	-
2010/11	568	12.	320	12.	76	29
2011/12	940	7th	492	7th	176	19th
2012/13	736	10.	310	13.	88	26th
2013/14	726	8th.	300	9.	134	17th
2014/15	261	24.	152	24.	45	40.
2015/16	1335	4th	664	5.	279	9.
2016/17	1618	2.	807	3.	281	6th
2017/18	1220	4th	656	4th	252	7th
2018/19	1316	4th	687	4th	199	14th
2019/20	829	9.	561	7th	80	27.

Web links

Commons : Krista Pärmäkoski - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Krista Pärmäkoski in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
Krista Pärmäkoski in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Official website

Individual evidence

↑ Krista Lähteenmäki starttikieltoon. www.iltasanomat.fi, January 21, 2011, accessed January 27, 2011 (Finnish).
↑ Krista Lähteenmäelle poikkeuslupa startata. www.iltasanomat.fi, January 25, 2011, accessed January 27, 2011 (Finnish).
↑ Krista Lähteenmäki meni naimisiin. Ilta-Sanomat, August 14, 2014, accessed August 24, 2014 (Finnish).

personal data
SURNAME	Pärmäkoski, Krista
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Finnish cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH	December 12, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ikaalinen , Finland

[1] Krista Lähteenmäki starttikieltoon. www.iltasanomat.fi, January 21, 2011, accessed January 27, 2011 (Finnish).

[2] Krista Lähteenmäelle poikkeuslupa startata. www.iltasanomat.fi, January 25, 2011, accessed January 27, 2011 (Finnish).

[3] Krista Lähteenmäki meni naimisiin. Ilta-Sanomat, August 14, 2014, accessed August 24, 2014 (Finnish).