Krista Pärmäkoski

Krista Pärmäkoski (née Lähteenmäki; born 12 December 1990) is a Finnish cross-country skier who has been competing since 2007. Among other career achievements, she is a five-time Olympic medalist.

Krista Pärmäkoski
Pärmäkoski in 2019
Country Finland
Born (1990-12-12) 12 December 1990
Ikaalinen, Finland
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Ski clubIkaalisten Urheilijat
World Cup career
Seasons14 – (2009–present)
Individual wins5
Team wins0
Indiv. podiums34
Team podiums10
Indiv. starts266
Team starts19
Overall titles0 – (2nd in 2017)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Finland
International nordic ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 2 3
World Championships 0 2 5
Total 0 4 8
Olympic Games
2014 Sochi4 × 5 km relay
2018 Pyeongchang30 km classical
2018 Pyeongchang15 km skiathlon
2018 Pyeongchang10 km freestyle
2022 Beijing10 km classical
World Championships
2011 OsloTeam sprint
2017 Lahti15 km skiathlon
2011 Oslo4 × 5 km relay
2013 Val di FiemmeTeam sprint
2015 Falun4 × 5 km relay
2017 Lahti4 × 5 km relay
2021 Oberstdorf4 × 5 km relay
U23 World Championships
2011 Otepää10 km freestyle
Junior World Championships
2010 Hinterzarten5 km classical
2009 Praz de Lys-Sommand10 km skiathlon
2010 Hinterzarten4 × 3.33 km relay
2008 Mals4 × 3.33 km relay
Updated on 13 March 2022.

Career

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Pärmäkoski finished 26th in the 30 km and 53rd in the 10 km event. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, she finished 37th in the 10 km event.

She won her first World Championship medals in Oslo 2011, a silver in the team sprint, and a bronze in 4 × 5 km relay. Since then, she has amassed four other bronze medals in these events, the latest being a relay bronze in the 2021 championships in Oberstdorf.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Pärmäkoski placed 10th in the 10 km classical event and won her first Olympic medal when she anchored Finland into second place in th 4 x 5 km relay.

The 2017 World Championships on home soil in Lahti, Finland, saw Pärmäkoski win her first and to date only individual WCH medal, a silver in the 15 km skiathlon behing Marit Bjørgen. The 2016-17 season was also Pärmäkoski's big breakthrough in the World Cup; she reached the podium 10 times, came in second at the Tour de Ski and placed 2nd in the overall World Cup.

The 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang were also a remarkable success for Pärmäkoski, who won a medal in all three individual distance competitions. She won bronze both in the 15 km skiathlon and 10 km freestyle, the latter of which she shared with Bjørgen as their finishing times were exactly the same. Pärmäkoski closed off the Olympics with a silver medal in the 30 km classical. Her good form from the Olympics continued for the rest of the season; among other podiums, she won the 10 km classical competitions in Lahti and Falun.

Pärmäkoski came close to another individual medal when she finished 4th in the 10 km classical in the 2019 World Championships in Seefeld, missing out on the bronze medal by only two seconds. She won her next medal at the next Olympics in Beijing in 2022, where she seized a bronze in 10 km classical after Therese Johaug and Finnish teammate Kerttu Niskanen, with only 0.1 seconds separating her from Natalia Nepryaeva of the ROC who came in fourth. As the anchor for Finland in both the team sprint and relay, Pärmäkoski finished 4th, with bare seconds from medal placements. Pärmäkoski was Finland's flag bearer in the closing ceremony.

During her career, Pärmäkoski has amassed five wins and 32 World Cup podiums overall. She has enjoyed much success at the Tour de Ski, having finished both 2nd and 3rd once alongside four 4th places. In terms of individual and team Olympic and World Championship medals, as well as her World Cup success, she is one of the most successful Finnish cross-country skiers of the 21st century.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

Olympic Games
  • 5 medals – (2 silver, 3 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual 		  15 km 
 skiathlon 		  30 km 
 mass start 		  Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
20101952—25———
201423101318—Silver—
201827BronzeBronzeSilver945
202231Bronze710—44

World Championships
  • 7 medals – (2 silver, 5 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual 		  15 km 
 skiathlon 		  30 km 
 mass start 		  Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
20091837—————
2011205311116BronzeSilver
201322158DNF14—Bronze
2015242023——Bronze—
2017267Silver6—Bronze—
2019284811—67
20213013138—Bronze7

Season standings
 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening		 Tour de
Ski		 Ski Tour
2020		 World Cup
Final		 Ski Tour
Canada
200918112NC74N/A—N/A—N/A
20101910277—N/A—N/A—N/A
201120121229128N/ADNFN/A
2012217719124N/A17N/A
20132210132664N/A9N/A
2014238917124N/A11N/A
2015242424408DNFN/AN/AN/A
20162545988N/AN/A4
2017266N/A5N/A
201827447154N/A6N/A
20192844145N/A4N/A
20202997276—7N/AN/A
202130121333DNF5N/AN/AN/A
202231428N/A4N/AN/AN/A

Individual podiums
  • 5 victories – (2 WC, 3 SWC)
  • 34 podiums – (17 WC, 17 SWC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 2010–11 1 January 2011 Oberhof, Germany10 km Pursuit CStage World Cup2nd
2 2012–13 4 January 2013 Toblach, Italy3 km Individual CStage World Cup2nd
35 January 2013 Val di Fiemme, Italy10 km Mass Start CStage World Cup3rd
4 2015–16 20 December 2015 Toblach, Italy10 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
511 March 2016 Canmore, Canada10 km Individual FStage World Cup3rd
612 March 201610 km Pursuit C Stage World Cup 1st
7 2016–17 27 November 2016 Rukatunturi, Finland10 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
84 December 2016 Lillehammer, Norway10 km Pursuit C Stage World Cup 1st
92–4 December 2016 Nordic OpeningOverall StandingsWorld Cup3rd
1010 December 2016   Davos, Switzerland15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
111 January 2017   Val Müstair, Switzerland5 km Mass Start CStage World Cup3rd
126 January 2017 Toblach, Italy5 km Individual FStage World Cup2nd
1331 December 2016
– 8 January 2017		 Tour de SkiOverall StandingsWorld Cup2nd
1421 January 2017 Ulricehamn, Sweden10 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
158 March 2017 Drammen, Norway1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
1612 March 2017 Oslo, Norway30 km Mass Start CWorld Cup2nd
1718 March 2017 Quebec, Canada10 km Mass Start CStage World Cup3rd
18 2017–18 2 December 2016 Lillehammer, Norway1.3 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
1910 December 2017   Davos, Switzerland10 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
204 January 2018 Oberstdorf, Germany10 km Mass Start FStage World Cup3rd
216 January 2018 Val di Fiemme, Italy10 km Mass Start CStage World Cup2nd
2221 January 2018 Planica, Slovenia10 km Individual CWorld Cup1st
234 March 2018 Lahti, Finland10 km Individual CWorld Cup1st
2417 March 2018 Falun, Sweden10 km Mass Start CStage World Cup1st
25 2018–19 16 December 2018   Davos, Switzerland10 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
266 January 2019   Val di Fiemme, Italy9 km Pursuit FStage World Cup2nd
2729 December 2018
– 6 January 2019		 Tour de SkiOverall StandingsWorld Cup3rd
2824 March 2019 Quebec City. Canada10 km Pursuit FStage World Cup2nd
29 2019–20 30 November 2019 Rukatunturi, Finland10 km Individual CStage World Cup2nd
3023 February 2020 Trondheim, Norway15 km Pursuit CStage World Cup3rd
3129 February 2020 Lahti, Finland10 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
32 2021–22 3 January 2022 Val di Fiemme, Italy10 km Mass Start CStage World Cup3rd
3327 February 2022 Lahti, Finland10 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
345 March 2022 Oslo, Norway30 km Mass Start CWorld Cup2nd

Team podiums
  • 10 podiums – (10 RL)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 2011–12 20 November 2011 Sjusjøen, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Saarinen / Roponen / Sarasoja-Lilja 
212 February 2012 Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2ndSarasoja-Lilja / Saarinen / Roponen
3 2013–14 8 December 2013 Lillehammer, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2ndSaarinen / Kyllönen / Niskanen
4 2015–16 6 December 2015 Lillehammer, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2ndNiskanen / Mononen / Kyllönen
524 January 2016 Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rdKyllönen / Roponen / Niskanen
62018–199 December 2018 Beitostølen, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdMatintalo / Roponen / Piippo
727 January 2019 Ulricehamn, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rdMononen / Roponen / Piippo
82019–201 March 2020 Lahti, Finland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndMatintalo / Niskanen / Mononen
92020–2124 January 2021 Lahti, Finland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdMatintalo / Niskanen / Mononen
102021–2213 March 2022 Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km Mixed Relay FWorld Cup2ndK. Niskanen / Hyvärinen / I. Niskanen

References
  1. "PARMAKOSKI Krista". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

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