Marjo Matikainen-Kallström
Finnish politician and former cross-country skier
Marjo Matikainen-Kallström Full name Marjo Tuulevi Matikainen-Kallström Born Marjo Tuulevi Matikainen
(1965-02-03 ) 3 February 1965 (age 59) Lohja , FinlandSki club Espoon Hiihtoseura Seasons 6 – (1984 –1989 ) Starts 37 Podiums 16 Wins 8 Overall titles 3 – (1986 , 1987 , 1988 )
Marjo Tuulevi Matikainen-Kallström (born 3 February 1965) is a Finnish former politician and cross-country skier .
Politics
Matikainen-Kallström has represented the National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) in Finland. From 1996 to 2004 she was a Member of the European Parliament , and from 2004 to 2015 a member of the Finnish Parliament .
Athletics
She had a very short but winning sporting career. In the six seasons she competed at a top international level, she won the World Cup three years in a row. At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo , Matikainen-Kallström won a bronze medal in the relay aged just 19.
Four years later in Calgary she won bronze on the 10 km race, and in the 5 km sprint won gold after being in second place all race until the last kilometre before coming through to win, 1.3 seconds ahead of Tamara Tikhonova , who had to settle for silver. That same year she won another bronze medal in the relay.
At the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf , she won the 5 km and silver in the 10 km. Matikainen-Kallström finished her championship career with a fantastic 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships on her home soil in Lahti , where she won the following medals:
Matikainen-Kallström also was the first winner of the women's 30 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1988.
Scholastics
She quit competition after these championships at the age of 24 to concentrate on her studies at the Helsinki University of Technology and on politics.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS) .[ 1]
Olympic Games
4 medals – (1 gold, 3 bronze)
World Championships
7 medals – (3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
Year
Age
5 km
10 km classical
10 km freestyle
15 km
20 km
30 km
4 × 5 km relay
1985
20
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4
1987
22
Gold
Silver
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4
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6
1989
24
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Bronze
Silver
Gold
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Bronze
Gold
World Cup
Season titles
Season standings
Individual podiums
No.
Season
Date
Location
Race
Level
Place
1
1985–86
7 December 1985
Labrador City , Canada
5 km Individual F
World Cup
1st
2
13 January 1985
Biwabik , United States
10 km Individual C
World Cup
3rd
3
2 March 1986
Lahti , Finland
5 km Individual C
World Cup
1st
4
8 March 1986
Falun , Sweden
30 km Individual C
World Cup
2nd
5
1986–87
13 February 1987
Oberstdorf , West Germany
10 km Individual C
World Championships[1]
2nd
6
16 February 1987
5 km Individual C
World Championships[1]
1st
7
28 February 1987
Lahti , Finland
5 km Individual F
World Cup
1st
8
7 March 1987
Falun , Sweden
30 km Individual F
World Cup
2nd
9
15 March 1987
Kavgolovo , Soviet Union
10 km Individual C
World Cup
1st
10
1987–88
14 February 1988
Calgary , Canada
10 km Individual C
Olympic Games[1]
3rd
11
17 February 1988
5 km Individual C
Olympic Games[1]
1st
12
12 March 1988
Falun , Sweden
5 km Individual C
World Cup
2nd
13
17 March 1988
Oslo , Norway
30 km Individual C
World Cup
1st
14
1988–89
17 February 1989
Lahti , Finland
10 km Individual C
World Championships[1]
3rd
15
19 February 1989
10 km Individual F
World Championships[1]
2nd
16
21 February 1989
15 km Individual C
World Championships[1]
1st
17
25 February 1989
30 km Individual F
World Championships[1]
3rd
Team podiums
References
External links
3 × 5 km
1954: Lyubov Kozyreva , Margarita Maslennikova , Valentina Tsaryova ,
1958: Radya Yeroshina , Alevtina Kolchina , Lyubov Kozyreva
1962: Lyubov Baranova , Maria Gusakova , Alevtina Kolchina
1966: Klavdiya Boyarskikh , Rita Achkina , Alevtina Kolchina
1970: Nina Baldycheva , Galina Kulakova , Alevtina Olyunina
4 × 5 km
1974: Nina Baldycheva , Nina Selyunina , Raisa Smetanina , Galina Kulakova
1978: Taina Impiö , Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen , Hilkka Riihivuori , Helena Takalo
1982: Anette Bøe , Inger Helene Nybråten , Berit Aunli , Brit Pettersen
1985: Tamara Tikhonova , Raisa Smetanina , Liliya Vasilchenko , Anfisa Romanova
1987: Antonina Ordina , Nina Gavrylyuk , Larisa Ptistyna , Anfisa Reztsova
1989: Pirkko Määttä , Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi , Jaana Savolainen , Marjo Matikainen
1991: Lyubov Yegorova , Raisa Smetanina , Tamara Tikhonova , Yelena Välbe
1993: Yelena Välbe , Larisa Lazutina , Nina Gavrylyuk , Lyubov Yegorova
1995: Olga Danilova , Yelena Välbe , Larisa Lazutina , Nina Gavrylyuk
1997: Olga Danilova , Larisa Lazutina , Nina Gavrylyuk , Yelena Välbe
1999: Olga Danilova , Larisa Lazutina , Anfisa Reztsova , Nina Gavrylyuk
2001: Olga Danilova , Larisa Lazutina , Yuliya Chepalova , Nina Gavrylyuk
2003: Manuela Henkel , Viola Bauer , Claudia Künzel , Evi Sachenbacher
2005: Vibeke Skofterud , Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen , Kristin Størmer Steira , Marit Bjørgen
2007: Virpi Kuitunen , Aino-Kaisa Saarinen , Riitta-Liisa Roponen , Pirjo Manninen
2009 : Pirjo Muranen , Virpi Kuitunen , Riitta-Liisa Roponen , Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
2011 : Vibeke Skofterud , Therese Johaug , Kristin Størmer Steira , Marit Bjørgen
2013 : Heidi Weng , Therese Johaug , Kristin Størmer Steira , Marit Bjørgen
2015 : Heidi Weng , Therese Johaug , Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen , Marit Bjørgen
2017 : Maiken Caspersen Falla , Heidi Weng , Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen , Marit Bjørgen
2019 : Ebba Andersson , Frida Karlsson , Charlotte Kalla , Stina Nilsson
2021 : Tiril Udnes Weng , Heidi Weng , Therese Johaug , Helene Marie Fossesholm
2023 : Tiril Udnes Weng , Astrid Øyre Slind , Ingvild Flugstad Østberg , Anne Kjersti Kalvå