Pirkko Määttä Explained

Pirkko Määttä
Fullname:Pirkko Sisko Määttä
Birth Date:1959 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Kuusamo, Finland
Club:Kuusamon Erä-Veikot
Seasons:14 – (19821995)
Wins:0
Totalpodiums:3
Wcoveralls:0 – (9th in 1986, 1989)
Teamwins:1
Teampodiums:11
Individual Starts:80
Team Starts:22

Pirkko Sisko Määttä (born 7 March 1959) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who was born in Kuusamo and competed from 1982 to 1995. She won two 4 × 5 km relay bronze medals (1984, 1988) at the Winter Olympics.

Määttä won a complete set of medals at the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 4 × 5 km relay, a silver in the 10 km classical, and a bronze in the 15 km. She earned her only individual victory at a 1992 event in Norway.

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  20 km  30 km  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
24
28
32 4
34 14

World Championships

 Year   Age   5 km  10 km 
 classical 
 10 km 
 freestyle 
 15 km  Pursuit  20 km  30 km  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
22 4
25 4
27 9 8 6
29 SilverBronze21 Gold
31 5 4
33 6 7 15154
35 12 8 30 6

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Overall
22 66
23 22
24 17
25 38
26 9
27 12
28 11
29 9
30 20
31 16
32 32
33 14
34 19
35 18

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1  1988–89 17 December 1988 Davos, Switzerland 10 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
217 February 1989 Lahti, Finland 10 km Individual C World Championships 2nd
321 February 1989 Lahti, Finland 15 km Individual C World Championships 3rd

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammates
1  1983–84 15 February 1984 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 4 × 5 km Relay Olympic Games 3rd Hyytiäinen / Matikainen / Hämäläinen
226 February 1984 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay World Cup 2nd Hyytiäinen / Savolainen / Hämäläinen
3  1984–85 10 March 1985 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay World Cup 3rd Hyytiäinen / Matikainen / Kirvesniemi
4  1985–86 10 March 1985 Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay C World Cup 3rd Hyytiäinen / Savolainen / Matikainen
5  1986–87 1 March 1987 Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Pyykkönen / Savolainen / Matikainen
619 March 1987 Oslo, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C World Cup 2nd Hyytiäinen / Matikainen / Pyykkönen
7  1987–88 21 February 1988 Calgary, Canada 4 × 5 km Relay F Olympic Games 3rd Kirvesniemi / Matikainen / Savolainen
813 March 1988 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C World Cup 2nd
9 1988–8923 February 1989 Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Championships1st Kirvesniemi / Savolainen / Matikainen
10  1989–90 4 March 1990 Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay F World Cup3rd Kuivalainen / Hyytiäinen / Pyykkönen
1111 March 1990 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Pyykkönen / Kuivalainen / Savolainen
Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MAEAETTAE Pirkko . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 18 December 2019.