Jaana Maarit Savolainen (born 23 January 1964) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed from 1984 to 1993. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the

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and finished 18th in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit event at the

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. Savolainen also won a gold medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the

1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1989 took place 17–26 February 1989 in Lahti, Finland, for a record fifth time (1926, 1938, 1958, 1978). The women's 5 km was not held after being reintroduced in the previous championships. These cha ...

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. She also won the 10 km event at the

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in 1986.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

* 1 medal – (1 bronze)

World Championships

* 1 medal – (1 gold)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

* 2 victories * 4 podiums

Team podiums

* 1 victory * 8 podiums Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

* - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file

External links

* * * 1964 births Sportspeople from Lappeenranta Skiers from South Karelia Cross-country skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Finnish female cross-country skiers Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Living people Olympic cross-country skiers for Finland Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Long stubs with short prose {{Finland-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub