Sirkka Polkunen
Finnish cross-country skier
 Polkunen at the 1952 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 6 November 1927 Jyväskylä, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 September 2014 (aged 86) Laukaa, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Cross-country skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Vihtavuoren Pamaus | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sirkka Tellervo "Telle" Polkunen (later Vilander, 6 November 1927 – 28 September 2014),[1] was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics. She won a gold medal in the 3 × 5 km relay in 1956 and placed fifth and eighth in the individual 10 km event in 1952 and 1956, respectively. Polkunen also won a silver medal in the 3 × 5 km relay at the 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and finished sixth in the 10 km at those championships.[2]
Polkunen never won a national title, placing second-third over 10 km in 1951, 1953–54 and 1956. She worked as a loader and packer at the Vihtavuori gunpowder factory,[2] and retired from competitions in 1957.[1]
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[3]
Olympic Games
- 1 medal – (1 gold)
| Year | Age | 10 km | 3 × 5 km relay |
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| 1952 | 24 | 5 | — |
| 1956 | 28 | 8 | Gold |
World Championships
- 1 medal – (1 silver)
| Year | Age | 10 km | 3 × 5 km relay |
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| 1954 | 26 | 6 | Silver |
References
- ^ a b Sirkka Polkunen's obituary Archived 17 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sirkka Polkunen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ "POLKUNEN Sirkka". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sirkka Polkunen.
- Sirkka Polkunen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Sirkka Polkunen at Olympics.com
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- 1956:
Sirkka Polkunen, Mirja Hietamies, Siiri Rantanen (FIN) - 1960:
Irma Johansson, Britt Strandberg, Sonja Edström-Ruthström (SWE) - 1964:
Alevtina Kolchina, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Klavdiya Boyarskikh (URS) - 1968:
Inger Aufles, Babben Enger-Damon, Berit Mørdre (NOR) - 1972: Lyubov Mukhachyova, Alevtina Olyunina, Galina Kulakova (URS)
- 1976: Nina Baldycheva, Zinaida Amosova, Raisa Smetanina, Galina Kulakova (URS)
- 1980:
Marlies Rostock, Carola Anding, Veronika Hesse, Barbara Petzold (GDR) - 1984: Inger Helene Nybråten, Anne Jahren, Brit Pettersen, Berit Aunli (NOR)
- 1988: Svetlana Nageykina, Nina Gavrylyuk, Tamara Tikhonova, Anfisa Reztsova (URS)
- 1992:
Yelena Välbe, Raisa Smetanina, Larisa Lazutina, Lyubov Yegorova (EUN) - 1994:
Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrylyuk, Lyubov Yegorova (RUS) - 1998: Nina Gavrylyuk, Olga Danilova, Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina (RUS)
- 2002:
Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel, Evi Sachenbacher (GER) - 2006: Natalya Baranova-Masalkina, Larisa Kurkina, Yuliya Chepalova, Yevgeniya Medvedeva (RUS)
- 2010: Vibeke Skofterud, Therese Johaug, Kristin Størmer Steira, Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
- 2014: Ida Ingemarsdotter, Emma Wikén, Anna Haag, Charlotte Kalla (SWE)
- 2018: Ingvild Flugstad Østberg, Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, Ragnhild Haga, Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
- 2022:
Yuliya Stupak, Natalya Nepryayeva, Tatiana Sorina, Veronika Stepanova (ROC)
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