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Tanja Poutiainen

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Tanja Tuulia Poutiainen (born 6 April 1980) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Finland. She specialized in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, and was the silver medalist in the women's giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino. Born in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Poutiainen started skiing at the age of three. She became junior world champion in slalom in 1997 at Schladming, Austria, and also took bronze in the super-G; she made her World Cup debut that March at Vail in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Tanja Poutiainen is the 313th most popular skier (up from 315th in 2024), the 509th most popular biography from Finland and the 30th most popular Finnish Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Tanja Poutiainen ranks 313 out of 817. Before her are Silvio Fauner, Isolde Kostner, Alexis Pinturault, Andreas Widhölzl, Tommy Ingebrigtsen, and Květa Jeriová. After her are Henrik Kristoffersen, Alexey Prokurorov, Franck Piccard, Allar Levandi, Wolfgang Loitzl, and Trude Dybendahl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Tanja Poutiainen ranks 447. Before her are Nicholas D'Agosto, Ayọ, Cabore, Brandão, Yipsi Moreno, and Kristen Connolly. After her are Michelle McCool, Samira Makhmalbaf, Sido, Konnor, Autumn Reeser, and Jonathan Woodgate.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Tanja Poutiainen ranks 509 out of 751. Before her are Tapio Korjus (1961), Tero Pitkämäki (1982), Tapio Sipilä (1958), Joonas Kolkka (1974), Kaija Kärkinen (1962), and Tomas Sandström (1964). After her are Jere Lehtinen (1973), Elina Valtonen (1981), Ville Peltonen (1973), Jani Liimatainen (1980), Joel Pohjanpalo (1994), and Teppo Numminen (1968).

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Among SKIERS In Finland

Among skiers born in Finland, Tanja Poutiainen ranks 30. Before her are Tuomo Ylipulli (1965), Risto Laakkonen (1967), Jani Soininen (1972), Matti Hautamäki (1981), Hilkka Riihivuori (1952), and Aki Karvonen (1957). After her are Pirkko Määttä (1959), Jari Isometsä (1968), Mika Laitinen (1973), Risto Jussilainen (1975), Virpi Sarasvuo (1976), and Tami Kiuru (1976).

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