Pirjo Muranen

Pirjo Muranen (née Manninen, born 8 March 1981 in Rovaniemi) is a retired Finnish cross-country skier. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Muranen won five medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three golds (Individual sprint: 2001, 4 × 5 km relay: 2007, 2009), a silver (Team sprint: 2005, with Riitta-Liisa Lassila), and a bronze (Individual sprint: 2009). She married on 30 June 2007; previously known by her maiden name of Pirjo Manninen.

Pirjo Muranen
Pirjo Muranen at Ski Sprint Prague, 2010
Country Finland
Full namePirjo Elina Muranen
Born (1981-03-08) 8 March 1981
Rovaniemi, Finland
Ski clubOunasvaaran Hiihtoseura
World Cup career
Seasons13 – (1998–2001, 2003–2011)
Individual wins5
Team wins3
Indiv. podiums15
Team podiums14
Indiv. starts157
Team starts29
Overall titles0 – (7th in 2009)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
2010 Vancouver 4 × 5 km relay
World Championships
2001 LahtiIndividual sprint
2007 Sapporo4 × 5 km relay
2009 Liberec4 × 5 km relay
2005 OberstdorfTeam sprint
2009 LiberecIndividual sprint
2011 Oslo4 × 5 km relay
Junior World Championships
1999 Saalfelden4 × 5 km relay
2000 Štrbské PlesoIndividual sprint
2001 Karpacz15 km freestyle
2001 KarpaczIndividual sprint
2001 Karpacz4 × 5 km relay
1998 Pontresina4 × 5 km relay
1999 Saalfelden5 km classical
2000 Štrbské Pleso5 km freestyle
2001 Karpacz5 km classical
2000 Štrbské Pleso15 km classical

Muranen also has sixteen additional victories up to 15 km from 2000 to 2002. She is the younger sister of Nordic combined skier Hannu. At the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo, they became the first brother-sister combination to win gold medals at the same championships.

Muranen retired from the sport in April 2011. She has then worked as a cross-country skiing pundit and studio commentator for Finland's national public-broadcasting company Yle.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games
  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual 		  15 km 
 skiathlon 		  30 km 
 mass start 		  Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
201028—30—21Bronze—

World Championships
  • 6 medals – (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
200119——26CNX[a]GoldDSQN/A
20032114——186DSQN/A
20052350N/A————Silver
200725—N/A15—7Gold—
2009277N/A—10BronzeGold—
2011296N/A——38Bronze—
a. 1 Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

Season standings
 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening		 Tour de
Ski		 World Cup
Final
199816NCN/ANCN/A—N/AN/AN/A
19991780N/A—N/A79N/AN/AN/A
20001822N/A—326N/AN/AN/A
20011911N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
20032116N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2004223255N/AN/A15N/AN/AN/A
20052321NCN/AN/A7N/AN/AN/A
20062475NCN/AN/A46N/AN/AN/A
2007252938N/AN/A25N/A22N/A
2008261428N/AN/A5N/A1543
200927713N/AN/AN/A126
2010283137N/AN/A15N/ADNFDNF
2011293441N/AN/A17DNF—DNF

Individual podiums
  • 5 victories – (5 WC)
  • 15 podiums – (14 WC, 1 SWC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
11999–0028 February 2000 Stockholm, Sweden1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
28 March 2000 Oslo, Norway1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
32000–0117 December 2000 Brusson, Italy1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
428 December 2000 Engelberg, Switzerland1.0 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
529 December 20001.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
67 March 2001 Oslo, Norway1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
72002–0319 December 2002 Linz, Austria1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
82003–0418 January 2004 Nové Město, Czech Republic1.2 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
92004–0516 January 2005 Nové Město, Czech Republic1.2 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
102007–0830 December 2007 Prague, Czech Republic1.0 km Sprint FStage World Cup2nd
1126 January 2008 Canmore, Canada1.2 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
122008–0931 January 2009 Rybinsk, Russia1.3 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
1313 February 2009 Valdidentro, Italy1.4 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
147 March 2009 Lahti, Finland1.3 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
152009–1011 March 2010 Drammen, Norway1.0 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd

Team podiums
  • 3 victories – (3 RL)
  • 14 podiums – (9 RL, 5 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
12000–0126 November 2000 Beitostølen, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stJauho / Kuitunen / Varis
29 December 2000 Santa Caterina, Norway4 × 3 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdSalonen / Kuitunen / Jauho
32002–031 December 2002 Rukatunturi, Finland2 × 5 km / 2 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stViljanmaa / Palolahti / Kattilakoski
42003–046 March 2004 Lahti, Finland6 × 1.0 km Team Sprint CWorld Cup2ndPienimäki-Hietamäki
52004–0523 January 2005 Pragelato, Italy6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint CWorld Cup3rdSaarinen
62005–0618 March 2006 Sapporo, Japan6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup2ndRoponen
72006–074 February 2007 Davos, Switzerland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdSaarinen / Venäläinen / Roponen
825 March 2007 Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdKuitunen / Roponen / Saarinen
92007–0828 October 2007 Düsseldorf, Germany6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rdKuitunen
1025 November 2007 Beitostølen, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdSarasoja / Saarinen / Roponen
1117 February 2008 Liberec, Czech Republic4 × 1.4 km Team Sprint CWorld Cup2ndSaarinen
122008–0923 November 2008 Gällivare, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndKuitunen / Saarinen / Roponen
137 December 2008 La Clusaz, France4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stKuitunen / Roponen / Saarinen
142009–1022 November 2009 Beitostølen, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdKuitunen / Roponen / Saarinen

See also

References
  1. "MURANEN Pirjo". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
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