Taina Murtomäki

Taina Murtomäki
Association	Finland
birthday	23rd January 1968 (age 52)
place of birth	Finland
Career
Debut in the World Cup	1988
status	resigned
End of career	1993
World Cup balance
Podium placements 1. 2. 3. Season 0 0 1
last change: end of career

Taina Murtomäki (born January 23, 1968 ) is a former Finnish biathlete .

Murtomäki started in the biathlon world cup between 1988 and 1993 . In the individual races she usually occupies one of the lower places. Their best finish was a 21st place in the sprint in Oslo in the 1987-88 season . However, there were only 23 starters in this race. This 21st place was also her only place in the points , because until the 1999/2000 season there were only points for the first 25 athletes. In the team competitions she achieved better results. In Oslo she reached in 1988, together with Katri Toumaalia and Seija Hyytiäinen, third place in the relay race. In the 1990/91 season she reached a fifth place, with Tuija Sikiö and Seija Hyytiäinen in the relay race.

Murtomäki's hit rate was around 50%, significantly lower than that of the leading athletes.

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
• Relay: including mixed relay

placement	singles	sprint	persecution	Mass start	team	Season	total
1st place
2nd place
3rd place						1	1
Top 10					1	2	3
Scoring		1			1	2	4th
Starts	3	4th			1	2	10
Status : End of career (incomplete)

Web links

• Taina Murtomäki in the database of the IBU (English)