Pirjo Muranen
Finnish cross-country skier
Pirjo Muranen Pirjo Muranen at Ski Sprint Prague, 2010
Country Finland Full name Pirjo Elina Muranen Born (1981-03-08 ) 8 March 1981 (age 43) Rovaniemi , FinlandSki club Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura Seasons 13 – (1998 –2001 , 2003 –2011 ) Starts 157 Podiums 15 Wins 5 Overall titles 0 – (7th in 2009 ) Discipline titles 0
Pirjo Muranen (née Manninen, born 8 March 1981 in Rovaniemi ) is a retired Finnish cross-country skier . She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver . Muranen won five medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three golds (Individual sprint: 2001, 4 × 5 km relay: 2007, 2009), a silver (Team sprint: 2005, with Riitta-Liisa Lassila ), and a bronze (Individual sprint: 2009). She married on 30 June 2007; previously known by her maiden name of Pirjo Manninen .
Muranen also has sixteen additional victories up to 15 km from 2000 to 2002. She is the younger sister of Nordic combined skier Hannu . At the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo , they became the first brother-sister combination to win gold medals at the same championships.
Muranen retired from the sport in April 2011. She has then worked as a cross-country skiing pundit and studio commentator for Finland's national public-broadcasting company Yle .
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS) .[ 1]
Olympic Games
Year
Age
10 km individual
15 km skiathlon
30 km mass start
Sprint
4 × 5 km relay
Team sprint
2010
28
—
30
—
21
Bronze
—
World Championships
6 medals – (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
a. 1 Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.
World Cup
Season standings
Season
Age
Discipline standings
Ski Tour standings
Overall
Distance
Long Distance
Middle Distance
Sprint
Nordic Opening
Tour de Ski
World Cup Final
1998
16
NC
—
NC
—
—
—
—
—
1999
17
80
—
—
—
79
—
—
—
2000
18
22
—
—
32
6
—
—
—
2001
19
11
—
—
—
—
—
—
2003
21
16
—
—
—
—
—
—
2004
22
32
55
—
—
15
—
—
—
2005
23
21
NC
—
—
7
—
—
—
2006
24
75
NC
—
—
46
—
—
—
2007
25
29
38
—
—
25
—
22
—
2008
26
14
28
—
—
5
—
15
43
2009
27
7
13
—
—
—
12
6
2010
28
31
37
—
—
15
—
DNF
DNF
2011
29
34
41
—
—
17
DNF
—
DNF
Individual podiums
5 victories – (5 WC )
15 podiums – (14 WC , 1 SWC )
No.
Season
Date
Location
Race
Level
Place
1
1999–00
28 February 2000
Stockholm , Sweden
1.5 km Sprint C
World Cup
2nd
2
8 March 2000
Oslo , Norway
1.5 km Sprint C
World Cup
2nd
3
2000–01
17 December 2000
Brusson , Italy
1.0 km Sprint F
World Cup
1st
4
28 December 2000
Engelberg , Switzerland
1.0 km Sprint C
World Cup
2nd
5
29 December 2000
1.0 km Sprint F
World Cup
1st
6
7 March 2001
Oslo , Norway
1.5 km Sprint F
World Cup
1st
7
2002–03
19 December 2002
Linz , Austria
1.5 km Sprint F
World Cup
1st
8
2003–04
18 January 2004
Nové Město , Czech Republic
1.2 km Sprint F
World Cup
3rd
9
2004–05
16 January 2005
Nové Město , Czech Republic
1.2 km Sprint F
World Cup
2nd
10
2007–08
30 December 2007
Prague , Czech Republic
1.0 km Sprint F
Stage World Cup
2nd
11
26 January 2008
Canmore , Canada
1.2 km Sprint F
World Cup
2nd
12
2008–09
31 January 2009
Rybinsk , Russia
1.3 km Sprint F
World Cup
1st
13
13 February 2009
Valdidentro , Italy
1.4 km Sprint F
World Cup
2nd
14
7 March 2009
Lahti , Finland
1.3 km Sprint F
World Cup
3rd
15
2009–10
11 March 2010
Drammen , Norway
1.0 km Sprint C
World Cup
3rd
Team podiums
3 victories – (3 RL )
14 podiums – (9 RL , 5 TS )
No.
Season
Date
Location
Race
Level
Place
Teammate(s)
1
2000–01
26 November 2000
Beitostølen , Norway
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Jauho / Kuitunen / Varis
2
9 December 2000
Santa Caterina , Norway
4 × 3 km Relay C/F
World Cup
3rd
Salonen / Kuitunen / Jauho
3
2002–03
1 December 2002
Rukatunturi , Finland
2 × 5 km / 2 × 10 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Viljanmaa / Palolahti / Kattilakoski
4
2003–04
6 March 2004
Lahti , Finland
6 × 1.0 km Team Sprint C
World Cup
2nd
Pienimäki-Hietamäki
5
2004–05
23 January 2005
Pragelato , Italy
6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint C
World Cup
3rd
Saarinen
6
2005–06
18 March 2006
Sapporo , Japan
6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F
World Cup
2nd
Roponen
7
2006–07
4 February 2007
Davos , Switzerland
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
3rd
Saarinen / Venäläinen / Roponen
8
25 March 2007
Falun , Sweden
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
3rd
Kuitunen / Roponen / Saarinen
9
2007–08
28 October 2007
Düsseldorf , Germany
6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F
World Cup
3rd
Kuitunen
10
25 November 2007
Beitostølen , Norway
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
3rd
Sarasoja / Saarinen / Roponen
11
17 February 2008
Liberec , Czech Republic
4 × 1.4 km Team Sprint C
World Cup
2nd
Saarinen
12
2008–09
23 November 2008
Gällivare , Sweden
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
2nd
Kuitunen / Saarinen / Roponen
13
7 December 2008
La Clusaz , France
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Kuitunen / Roponen / Saarinen
14
2009–10
22 November 2009
Beitostølen , Norway
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
3rd
Kuitunen / Roponen / Saarinen
See also
References
^ "MURANEN Pirjo" . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation. Retrieved 19 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