Liisa Veijalainen Explained

Liisa Kaarina Peltola (née Liukkonen, formerly Veijalainen; born 4 April 1951) is a Finnish orienteering competitor.^[1] She won the 1976 Individual World Orienteering Championships,^{[2] [3]} and took silver medal 1978^[4] and 1979. She is also three times Relay World Champion, as a member of the Finnish winning team 1972,^[5] 1978^[4] and 1979 (silver 1976^[3] and 1981).

Selected works

• Book: Rastilta rastille . Espoo . Weilin+Göös . 1980 . 951-35-2245-8 . 17027183 . (Autobiography in Finnish.)
• Book: Från skärm till skärm . Afterword by Seppo Veijalainen: Med tränarens ögon (pp. 93–122) . Kaarina . Juoksija . 1981 . 951-99340-7-3 . 57873495 . (Autobiography in Swedish.)

See also

• List of orienteers
• List of orienteering events

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tyttö, joka ei pelännyt metsää . 17 July 2014 . KauppaSuomi . fi . 3 November 2021.
2. http://old.orientering.no/resultater/vmres.asp World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
3. Web site: World Orienteering Championships 1976 . . 14 July 2017.
4. Web site: World Orienteering Championships 1978 . . 14 July 2017.
5. Web site: World Orienteering Championships 1972 . . 5 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120920090843/http://orienteering.org/events/?event_id=18 . 20 September 2012 . dead .