Finnish cross-country skier
Helena Takalo Helena Takalo in March, 1976
Country Finland Full name Anni Helena Takalo Born 28 October 1947 (1947-10-28 ) (age Nivala , Finland Seasons 1 – (1982 ) Indiv. starts 3 Indiv. podiums 0 Team starts 1 Team podiums 0 Overall titles 0 – (47th in 1982 )
Anni Helena Takalo (née Kivioja , born 28 October 1947) is a Finnish former cross-country skier . She was born in Nivala , and was dominant women's cross-country skiing in the 1970s, earning five Winter Olympic medals and four FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medals (golds in 5 km and 4 × 5 km relay (both 1978), and bronzes in 3 × 5 km relay (1970), 10 km (1974), and 20 km (1978).).
Takalo also won the women's 5 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1976. For her cross-country skiing successes, she earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1977 (Shared with Hilkka Riihivuori and Walter Steiner ).
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS) .[ 1]
Olympic Games
5 medals – (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
World Championships
5 medals – (2 gold, 3 bronze)
Year
Age
5 km
10 km
20 km
3/4 × 5 km
1970 22 —
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Bronze
1974 26 —
Bronze —
4
1978 30 Gold 13
Bronze Gold
1982 34 —
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4
World Cup
Season standings
Season
Age
Overall
1982 34 47
References
^ "TAKALO Helena" . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2019 .
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
Awards
Until 1900 1900–1950
1901: Aksel Refstad (NOR) 1903: Karl Hovelsen (NOR) 1904: Harald Smith (NOR) 1905: Jonas Holmen (NOR) 1907: Per Bakken 1908: Einar Kristiansen (NOR) 1909: Thorvald Hansen 1910: Lauritz Bergendahl 1911: Otto Tangen (NOR), Knut Holst (NOR) 1912: Olav Bjaaland (NOR) 1914: Johan Kristoffersen (NOR) 1915: Sverre Østbye (NOR) 1916: Lars Høgvold (NOR) 1918: Hassa Horn (NOR), Jørgen Hansen (NOR) 1919: Thorleif Haug (NOR), Otto Aasen (NOR) 1923: Thoralf Strømstad (NOR) 1924: Harald Økern (NOR), Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) 1925: Einar Landvik (NOR) 1926: Jacob Tullin Thams 1927: Hagbart Haakonsen (NOR), Einar Lindboe (NOR) 1928: Torjus Hemmestveit (NOR), Mikkjel Hemmestveit (NOR) 1931: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR), Ole Stenen (NOR) 1934: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR) 1935: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR) 1937: Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR), Birger Ruud (NOR), Martin P. Vangsli (NOR) 1938: Reidar Andersen (NOR), Johan R. Henriksen (NOR) 1939: Sven Selånger (SWE), Lars Bergendahl (NOR), Trygve Brodahl (NOR) 1940: Oscar Gjøslien (NOR), Annar Ryen (NOR) 1947: Elling Rønes (NOR) 1948: Asbjørn Ruud (NOR) 1949: Sigmund Ruud (NOR) 1950: Olav Økern (NOR) 1951–2000
1951: Simon Slåttvik (NOR) 1952: Stein Eriksen (NOR), Torbjørn Falkanger (NOR), Heikki Hasu (FIN), Nils Karlsson (SWE) 1953: Magnar Estenstad (NOR) 1954: Martin Stokken (NOR) 1955: Haakon VII (NOR), Hallgeir Brenden (NOR), Veikko Hakulinen (FIN), Sverre Stenersen (NOR) 1956: Borghild Niskin (NOR), Arnfinn Bergmann (NOR), Arne Hoel (NOR) 1957: Eero Kolehmainen (FIN) 1958: Inger Bjørnbakken (NOR), Håkon Brusveen (NOR) 1959: Gunder Gundersen (NOR) 1960: Helmut Recknagel (GDR), Sixten Jernberg (SWE), Sverre Stensheim (NOR), Tormod Knutsen (NOR) 1961: Harald Grønningen (NOR) 1962: Toralf Engan (NOR) 1963: Alevtina Kolchina (URS), Pavel Kolchin (URS), Astrid Sandvik (NOR), Torbjørn Yggeseth (NOR) 1964: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN), Eero Mäntyranta (FIN), Georg Thoma (FRG), Halvor Næs (NOR) 1965: Arto Tiainen (FIN), Bengt Eriksson (SWE), Arne Larsen (NOR) 1967: Toini Gustafsson (SWE), Ole Ellefsæter (NOR) 1968: Olav V (NOR), Assar Rönnlund (SWE), Gjermund Eggen (NOR), Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) 1969: Odd Martinsen (NOR) 1970: Pål Tyldum (NOR) 1971: Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN), Berit Mørdre (NOR), Reidar Hjermstad (NOR) 1972: Rauno Miettinen (FIN), Magne Myrmo (NOR) 1973: Einar Bergsland (NOR), Ingolf Mork (NOR), Franz Keller (FRG) 1974: Juha Mieto (FIN) 1975: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR), Oddvar Brå (NOR), Ivar Formo (NOR) 1976: Ulrich Wehling (GDR) 1977: Helena Takalo (FIN), Hilkka Kuntola (FIN), Walter Steiner (SUI) 1979: Ingemar Stenmark (SWE), Erik Håker (NOR), Raisa Smetanina (URS) 1980: Thomas Wassberg (SWE) 1981: Johan Sætre (NOR) 1983: Berit Aunli (NOR), Tom Sandberg (NOR) 1984: Lars Erik Eriksen (NOR), Jakob Vaage (NOR), Armin Kogler (AUT) 1985: Anette Bøe (NOR), Per Bergerud (NOR), Gunde Svan (SWE) 1986: Brit Pettersen (NOR) 1987: Matti Nykänen (FIN), Hermann Weinbuch (FRG) 1989: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN) 1991: Vegard Ulvang (NOR), Trond Einar Elden (NOR), Ernst Vettori (AUT), Jens Weißflog (GER) 1992: Yelena Välbe (RUS) 1993: Emil Kvanlid (NOR) 1994: Lyubov Yegorova (RUS), Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ), Espen Bredesen (NOR) 1995: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN) 1996: Manuela Di Centa (ITA) 1997: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR), Stefania Belmondo (ITA), Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 1998: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR), Larisa Lazutina (RUS), Alexey Prokurorov (RUS), Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) 1999: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN) Since 2001
2001: Adam Małysz (POL), Bente Skari (NOR), Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) 2003: Felix Gottwald (AUT), Ronny Ackermann (GER) 2004: Yuliya Chepalova (RUS) 2005: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) 2007: Frode Estil (NOR), Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR), Harald V (NOR), Sonja (NOR), Simon Ammann (SUI) 2010: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 2011: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), Michael Greis (GER), Andrea Henkel (GER), Janne Ahonen (FIN) 2012: Magdalena Neuner (GER), Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 2013: Tora Berger (NOR), Martin Fourcade (FRA), Therese Johaug (NOR), Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 2014: Magnus Moan (NOR), Eric Frenzel (GER), Thomas Morgenstern (AUT), Darya Domracheva (BLR) 2015: Eldar Rønning (NOR), Anders Bardal (NOR), Anette Sagen (NOR), Kamil Stoch (POL) 2016: Noriaki Kasai (JPN), Tarjei Bø (NOR) 2017: Marie Dorin Habert (FRA), Sara Takanashi (JPN) 2018: Charlotte Kalla (SWE), Princess Astrid (NOR), Hannu Manninen (FIN), Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 2021: Maren Lundby (NOR), Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR), Dario Cologna (SWI), Johannes Rydzek (GER) 2022: Tiril Eckhoff (NOR), Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR), Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR), Jørgen Graabak (NOR) 2023: Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR), Stefan Kraft (AUT) 2024: Jessie Diggins (USA), Simen Hegstad Krüger (NOR)
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