Liisa Veijalainen
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Finnish orienteering competitor
| 1972 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's orienteering | ||
| Representing Finland | ||
| World Championships | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 1972 Jicin | Relay |
| Gold medal – first place | 1976 Aviemore | Individual distance |
| Gold medal – first place | 1978 Kongsberg | Relay |
| Gold medal – first place | 1979 Tampere | Relay |
| Silver medal – second place | 1976 Aviemore | Relay |
| Silver medal – second place | 1978 Kongsberg | Individual distance |
| Silver medal – second place | 1979 Tampere | Individual distance |
| Silver medal – second place | 1981 Thun | Relay |
Liisa Kaarina Peltola (née Liukkonen, formerly Veijalainen; born 4 April 1951) is a Finnish orienteering competitor.[1] She won the 1976 Individual World Orienteering Championships,[2] [3] and took silver medal 1978[4] and 1979. She is also three times Relay World Champion, as a member of the Finnish winning team 1972,[5] 1978[4] and 1979 (silver 1976[3] and 1981).
Selected works
[edit ]- Rastilta rastille. Espoo: Weilin+Göös. 1980. ISBN 951-35-2245-8. OCLC 17027183. (Autobiography in Finnish.)
- Från skärm till skärm. Afterword by Seppo Veijalainen: Med tränarens ögon (pp. 93–122). Kaarina: Juoksija. 1981. ISBN 951-99340-7-3. OCLC 57873495.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) (Autobiography in Swedish.)
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Tyttö, joka ei pelännyt metsää". KauppaSuomi (in Finnish). 17 July 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 2011年08月23日 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on November 19, 2007)
- ^ a b "World Orienteering Championships 1976". International Orienteering Federation . Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ a b "World Orienteering Championships 1978". International Orienteering Federation . Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "World Orienteering Championships 1972". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
