Eevi Huttunen (married name Pirinen; 23 August 1922 – 3 December 2015), was a
speed skater
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marath ...
from Finland. She was born in
Karttula
Karttula is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the city of Kuopio on 1 January 2011.
The municipality was located in the Northern Savonia region. It had a population of 3,483 (31 October 2010) and covered a land area of ...
.
For a decade she was almost the only female skater able to compete against the Soviet ladies on the longer distances, Huttunen made a comeback specially for the 1960 Winter Olympics (the first where women speed skaters were allowed to compete), where she won the bronze on the 3000 m. She competed in eleven
World Allround Championships which was till 1960 the only international speed skating event for women, from 1948 to 1960 (every year except 1956 and 1958), winning the 1951 event and being on many occasions the best non-soviet skater, certainly in the longer distances.
Medals
An overview of medals won by Huttunen at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:
Personal records
References
Notes
Bibliography
* Eng, Trond. ''All Time International Championships, Complete Results 1889 - 2002''. Askim, Norway: WSSSA Skøytenytt, 2002.
* Eng, Trond. ''Finland - Suomi: Speedskating as at 2009. Part 1: History/Records/Championships men junior''. Askim, Norway: WSSSA Skøytenytt, 2009.
* Eng, Trond. ''Finland - Suomi: Speedskating as at 2009. Part 3: Championships ladies/Alltime lists ladies distances''. Askim, Norway: WSSSA Skøytenytt, 2009.
* Teigen, Magne. ''Komplette resultater, Internasjonale Mesterskap 1889-1989'' (in Norwegian). Veggli, Norway: WSSSA Skøytenytt, 1989.
External links
Eevi Huttunen on www.fanbase.comEevi Huttunen's obituary
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1922 births
2015 deaths
People from Karttula
Finnish female speed skaters
Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
Olympic medalists in speed skating
Olympic speed skaters for Finland
Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics
World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists
Sportspeople from North Savo