Riikka Sirviö

Riikka Sirviö
Country Finland
Born (1974-04-11) 11 April 1974 (age 50)
Kajaani, Finland
Ski clubJyväskylän Hiihtoseura
World Cup career
Seasons9 – (1995–2003)
Indiv. starts76
Indiv. podiums0
Team starts25
Team podiums5
Team wins0
Overall titles0 – (25th in 2001)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Representing  Finland
Women's cross-country skiing
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Trondheim 4 × 5 km relay

Riikka Sirviö (born 11 April 1974) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed from 1994 to 2003. She won a bronze medal at the 4 × 5 km relay in the 1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and had her best finish of sixth in the 15 km event at the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

Sirviö had seven individual victories at 5 km (all in Finland) from 1997 to 2002.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

World Championships

  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   5 km 
 individual  		 10 km 
 individual  		 15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1997 22 10 — — 21 14 — Bronze
1999 24 28 — — 32 — — 11
2001 26 — 15 — — CNX[a] — —
2003 28 — 12 6 — — 30 DSQ
a. 1 Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age 
Overall Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint
1995 20 NC — — —
1996 21 33 — — —
1997 22 28 31 — 47
1998 23 49 NC — 39
1999 24 61 NC — 69
2000 25 35 53 45 22
2001 26 25 — — 38
2002 27 36 — — 26
2003 28 39 — — 27

Team podiums

  • 5 podiums – (4 RL, 1 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
1  1995–96  17 March 1996 Norway Oslo, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Pyykkönen / Pulkkinen / Kittilä
2  1996–97  28 February 1997 Norway Trondheim, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Championships[1] 3rd Pyykkönen / Pulkkinen / Salonen
3 9 March 1997 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Pyykkönen / Pulkkinen / Salonen
4  2000–01  13 January 2001 United States Soldier Hollow, United States 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Rauhala / Välimaa / Saarinen
5 2001–02 13 January 2002 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F World Cup 3rd Roponen

Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

  1. ^ "SIRVIOE Riikka". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2019.


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