Päivi Marja Sinikka Tikkanen (née Kunttu; born 19 January 1960 in Savitaipale) is a retired female long-distance runner from Finland, who won the 1989 edition of the Berlin Marathon. A two-time Olympian (1988 and 1992) she ended up in fourth place in the women's 3,000 metres at the 1991 World Championships. Tikkanen was Finnish champion in the same event for ten years in a row (1985–1994). She was coached by her husband Esa Tikkanen.
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Berlin, West Germany | 1st | Marathon | 2:28:45 | |
| 1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 6th | 3000m | 8:50.26 |
| — | 10,000m | DNF | |||
| 1991 | Tokyo, Japan | 4th | 3000 m | 8:41.30 | |
| DNF | 10,000 m | 32:06.67 (heats) | |||
| 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 21st (h) | 3000 m | 8:59.60 |
| DNF (h) | 10,000 m | - | |||
| Newcastle, United Kingdom | 13th | Half marathon | 1:11:22 | ||
| 1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | DNF | 10,000 m | 32:51.72 (heats) |
| 1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 14th | 3000m | 9:06.93 |
| 20th | 10,000m | 34:22.45 | |||