Outi Grondahl starts for Lappeen Riento . She began her international career in 2004 in races in the Continental and Scandinavian Cups as well as in FIS races . After several good races in the Scandinavian Cup in 2010 with several top ten results, including a sixth place in a freestyle sprint in Spaatind , the Finn was able to contest her first races in the cross-country world cup in Lahti . In the pursuit she was 37th, with Marjaana Pitkänen , Kirsi Perälä and Maarit Korpi ninth in the relay race. A year later , she came back to the same place in the World Cup and was 65 in a pursuit. At the Finnish Championships 2010 in Keuruu , Grondahl was runner-up behind Riitta-Liisa Roponen in the 5-kilometer freestyle. In the pursuit, finishing fourth, she missed another medal by three seconds.
For the 2012/13 season , Grondahl switched to biathlon. She contested her first races at the start of the season in Idre in the IBU Cup . In two sprint races she was 82nd and 56th, the latter result being her best in the series so far. In Ruhpolding , she contested her first races in the Biathlon World Cup in 2013 and was 89th in a sprint and 18th in a lapped Finnish relay with Kaisa Mäkäräinen , Mari Laukkanen and Sanna Markkanen . In Sochi she achieved her best result in the World Cup so far with an 87th place in an individual.
Biathlon World Cup placements
The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).
1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
Finland
