Kati Sundqvist Explained

Kati Venäläinen-Sundqvist
Birth Date:	15 February 1975
Birth Place:	Noormarkku, Finland
Club:	Noormarkun Nopsa
Seasons:	13 – (1995–2007)
Wins:	0
Totalpodiums:	1
Teamwins:	0
Teampodiums:	2
Individual Starts:	139
Team Starts:	33
Wcoveralls:	0 – (20th in 2001)
Wctitles:	0

Kati Venäläinen-Sundqvist (born Kati Sundqvist on February 15, 1975 in Noormarkku, Satakunta) is a Finnish cross-country skier who has competed since 1995. She won a silver medal in the individual sprint at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti.

Sundqvist's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was 16th in the 5 km + 5 km combined pursuit at Salt Lake City in 2002. She has five individual career victories up to 10 km from 2002 to 2005.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

Year	Age	5 km	10 km	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	Sprint	4 × 5 km   relay	Team   sprint
	23
	27
	31

World Championships

• 1 medal – (1 silver)

Year	Age	5 km	10 km	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	Sprint	4 × 5 km   relay
	22	—		35	—	—		—
	24	—		32	30	—		—
	26		—	32	—		Silver	—
	28		—	—	27	—	15	—

a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

Season standings

Season	Age	Discipline standings					Ski Tour standings
		Overall	Distance	Long Distance	Middle Distance	Sprint	Tour de Ski
	20
	21	64
	22	39		25		39
	23	51				44
	24	47		64		47
	25	24		26	26	14
	26	20				20
	27	26				13
	28	31				12
	29	45	73			24
	30	43				20
	31	40	46			22
	32	75	62			59	—

Individual podiums

• 1 podium

Team podiums

• 2 podiums – (2)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammates
1	2003–04	22 February 2004	Umeå, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd
2	2006–07	4 February 2007	Davos, Switzerland	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Manninen / Saarinen / Roponen

Notes and References

1. Web site: VENALAINEN Kati . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 21 December 2019.