Kati Lehtonen Explained

Kati Lehtonen
Birth Date:6 April 1975
Birth Place:Sulkava, Finland
Club:Sulkavan Urheilijat -41
Seasons:4 – (19951998)
Totalpodiums:0
Teamwins:0
Teampodiums:3
Individual Starts:34
Team Starts:14
Wcoveralls:0 – (24th in 1996)
Wctitles:0

Kati Lehtonen (née Pulkkinen, born 6 April 1975) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed from 1995 to 2002. She won a bronze medal at the 4 × 5 km relay in the 1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and had her best finish of 16th in two events (5 km + 10 km combined pursuit, 30 km) at those same championships.

Lehtonen's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was 51st in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit at Nagano in 1998. Her only individual victory was in a 5 km event in Finland in 1997.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

World Championships

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Overall Long Distance Sprint
19 58
20 24
21 37 36 56
22 54 47

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammates
1  1995–96 17 March 1996 Oslo, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup 2nd Sirviö / Pyykkönen / Kittilä
2  1996–97 28 February 1997 Trondheim, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Championships 3rd Sirviö / Pyykkönen / Salonen
3 9 March 1997 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Pyykkönen / Sirviö / Salonen
Note: Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PULKKINEN Kati . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 18 December 2019.