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Virpi Sarasvuo

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Virpi Katriina Sarasvuo (née Kuitunen, born 20 May 1976) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed from 1995 to 2010. She won a bronze medal in the team sprint event (with Aino-Kaisa Saarinen) at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and earned her best individual finish of fifth in the individual sprint event in those same games. Four years later in Vancouver, Kuitunen won another bronze, this time in the 4 × 5 km relay. Kuitunen has eight medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with six golds (2001: 5 km + 5 km combined pursuit, 2007: Team sprint, with Riitta-Liisa Roponen, 30 km, & 4 × 5 km; 2009: Team sprint, 4 × 5 km), one silver (2005: 30 km), one bronze (2007: Individual sprint). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Virpi Sarasvuo is the 358th most popular skier (up from 370th in 2024), the 541st most popular biography from Finland (down from 539th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Finnish Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Virpi Sarasvuo ranks 358 out of 817. Before her are Sara Hector, Risto Jussilainen, Justyna Kowalczyk, Olga Charvátová, Hippolyt Kempf, and Lars-Börje Eriksson. After her are Václav Korunka, Marlies Schild, Tami Kiuru, Pavel Benc, Mikhail Devyatyarov, and Olga Danilova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Virpi Sarasvuo ranks 601. Before her are Yang Yang, Martin Helme, Talant Mamytov, Anastasia Volochkova, Hans Sarpei, and Paolo Meneguzzi. After her are Gonzalo de los Santos, Yoshiyuki Morisaki, Dedimar, Tami Kiuru, David Hahn, and Hanno Möttölä.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Virpi Sarasvuo ranks 541 out of 751. Before her are Mika Laitinen (1973), Heli Rantanen (1970), Jari Mäenpää (1977), Risto Jussilainen (1975), Anders Adlercreutz (1970), and Jaska Raatikainen (1979). After her are Tami Kiuru (1976), Hanno Möttölä (1976), Erna Siikavirta (1977), Gary Sundgren (1967), Minna Aaltonen (1966), and Harri Koskela (1965).

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Among SKIERS In Finland

Among skiers born in Finland, Virpi Sarasvuo ranks 35. Before her are Aki Karvonen (1957), Tanja Poutiainen (1980), Pirkko Määttä (1959), Jari Isometsä (1968), Mika Laitinen (1973), and Risto Jussilainen (1975). After her are Tami Kiuru (1976), Kalle Palander (1977), Jaana Savolainen (1964), Hannu Manninen (1978), Kerttu Niskanen (1988), and Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (1979).

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