Eeva Ruoppa (May 2, 1932 Miehikkälä – April 27, 2013 Miehikkälä) was a

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

from Finland who competed during the early 1960s. She won a bronze medal in the 3 × 5 km relay at the

1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall ...

in Squaw Valley. Ruoppa also won a bronze medal in the 3 × 5 km relay at the

1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1962 took place February 18–25, 1962 in Zakopane, Poland. Zakopane became the second city to host the world championships three times (1929, 1939), joining Lahti, Finland (1926, 1938, and 1958). Women's 5&nb ...

in Zakopane. She was a farmer.

Cross--country skiing results

Olympic Games

* 1 medal – (1 bronze)

World Championships

* 1 medal – (1 bronze)

External links

1960 Winter Olympic results

1932 births 2013 deaths People from Miehikkälä Finnish female cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Sportspeople from Kymenlaakso 20th-century Finnish women {{Finland-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub