Liisa Suihkonen
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Liisa Suihkonen (born 27 September 1943) is a former cross-country skier from
Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
who competed during the 1970s. She was born in
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. She won a silver medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the
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Cross-country skiing results


Olympic Games

* 1 medal – (1 silver)


World Championships


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Women's cross country results: 1952-2006
* * 1943 births Living people Sportspeople from Suonenjoki Finnish female cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Finland Cross-country skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics Skiers from North Savo 20th-century Finnish sportswomen {{Finland-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub