Harri Kirvesniemi
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| Medal record | |||
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| Men's cross country skiing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Bronze | 1980 Lake Placid | 4 x 10 km | |
| Bronze | 1984 Sarajevo | 15 km | |
| Bronze | 1984 Sarajevo | 4 x 10 km | |
| Bronze | 1992 Albertville | 4 x 10 km | |
| Bronze | 1994 Lillehammer | 4 x 10 km | |
| Bronze | 1998 Nagano | 4 x 10 km | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1989 Lahti | 15 km classical | |
| Silver | 1989 Lahti | 4 x 10 km | |
| Silver | 1995 Thunder Bay | 4 x 10 km | |
| Silver | 1997 Trondheim | 4 x 10 km | |
| Bronze | 1982 Oslo | 15 km | |
| Bronze | 1982 Oslo | 4 x 10 km | |
| Bronze | 1985 Seefeld | 30 km | |
| Bronze | 1991 Val di Fiemme | 4 x 10 km | |
| Disqualified | 2001 Lahti | 4 x 10 km | |
Harri Kirvesniemi (born May 10, 1958, in Mikkeli, Finland) was a cross country skier who competed from 1980 to 2001. During his career he won six Olympic medals (all bronzes), and also the 50 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2000.
His biggest successes though were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where he earned a total of 8 medals. This included one gold (15 km: 1989), three silvers (4 x 10 km: 1989, 1995. 1997), and four bronzes (15 km: 1982, 30 km: 1985, 4 x 10 km: 1982 (shared with East Germany), 1991). Kirvesniemi ended his competition career after being caught in a doping scandal at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti.
In 1998, he earned the Holmenkollen medal (shared with Fred Børre Lundberg, Larissa Lazutina, and Alexi Prokourorov). He is married to Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, who won the Holmenkollen medal in 1989. This makes them the third husband-wife team to ever win the Holmenkollen medal.
Presently Kirvesniemi works as the Product Manager at Karhu Sporting Goods.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- FIS-Ski: Harri Kirvesniemi - statistics
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
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| Preceded by Bjarte Engen Vik, Stefania Belmondo, & Bjørn Dæhlie |
Holmenkollen medal with Fred Børre Lundberg, Larissa Lazutina, & Alexey Prokurorov 1998 |
Succeeded by Kazuyoshi Funaki |
