Taina Impio

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Taina Impio Cross-country skiing
Full name Taina Marjatta Impio
nation FinlandFinland Finland
birthday April 10, 1956
place of birth Ranua
Career
society Ranuan Peura
status resigned
Medal table
World Cup medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
gold 1978 Lahti Season
 

Taina Marjatta Impiö (born April 10, 1956 in Ranua ) is a former Finnish cross-country skier .

Impiö, who started for the Ranuan Peura , had her first international success at the 1974 Junior European Championships in Autrans . There she won the bronze medal over 15 km. The following year she won the relay gold medal at the European Junior Championships in Lieto . In her only Olympic participation in February 1976 in Innsbruck , she achieved 19th place over 5 km. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in 1978 , she was world champion with the relay. In the individual races there she came in 13th place over 20 km, ninth place over 5 km and fifth place over 10 km.

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personal data
SURNAME Impio, Taina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Impio, Taina Marjatta
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Ranua