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Kerttu Niskanen

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Finnish cross-country skier
Kerttu Niskanen
Niskanen in 2013
Personal information
Full nameKerttu Elina Niskanen
Born (1988-06-13)13 June 1988 (age 37)
Oulu, Finland
Sport
Country Finland
SportSkiing
ClubVieremän Koitto
World Cup career
Seasons18 – (2008–present)
Indiv. starts317
Indiv. podiums27
Indiv. wins8
Team starts18
Team podiums8
Team wins1
Overall titles0 – (3rd in2023)
Discipline titles1 – (DI in2023)
Updated on 31 January 2025

Kerttu Elina Niskanen (born 13 June 1988) is a Finnishcross-country skier. She is a four-time Olympic medalist.

Career

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At theFIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 inOslo, her first senior WCH, Niskanen finished eighth in the10 km classical event.[1] To date, her best individual World Championship results are 4th places in the skiathlon and 30 km classical in theFIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 inFalun.

At the2014 Winter Olympics inSochi, she won two silver medals as a member of team Finland: in4 × 5 km relay and inteam sprint. She also finished fourth in30 km freestyle.

Niskanen also has two bronze medals from World Championship 4 x 5 km relays in 2015 and 2017. She has won three World Cup competitions and has been on the podium ten times in total. Her best result in theTour de Ski is 5th, which she achieved three times in 2014, 2016, and 2022.

She was forced to sit out the2021 World Championships after a fracture was discovered in her leftfibula after a World Cup race in Falun, Sweden, in January 2021.[2] Despite the sudden, sharp pain from the fracture, Niskanen finished the race in 12th place. This was her final race of the season.

During the 2021/22 season, Niskanen took her first win and podium in three years when she won the 10 km classical Stage World Cup race inLenzerheide, Switzerland. Following the win, she became the Tour de Ski leader for the first time in her career. Niskanen eventually finished fifth in the tournament.

At the2022 Beijing Olympics, Niskanen won her first individual Olympic medal, a silver in the10 km classical event, losing the gold medal toTherese Johaug of Norway by only 0.4 seconds. She also placed fourth in the skiathlon, which was already her fourth 4th-place finish in individual Olympic or World Championship competitions. The team events also resulted in fourth place for Niskanen; she skied the 3rd leg in the 4 x 5 km relay and the first, third, and fifth legs of the team sprint. In both events, Finland was a strong medal contender and missed out on medals by only a couple of seconds.

In the last event of the Olympics, the30 km freestyle held in grueling, windy conditions, Niskanen won her second individual medal, this time a bronze. For most of the race, Niskanen, whose stronger style is often considered classic, skied in fourth place at the front of a chase group. In the final kilometre, however, Niskanen overtookEbba Andersson of Sweden, who at 25 km had been half a minute ahead of her, seizing the bronze as the fastest of the chasers.

Kerttu Niskanen's younger brotherIivo is also a cross-country skier and three-time Olympic champion. On 29 December 2021, the siblings made history as they won the 10 and 15 km World Cup events in Lenzerheide only hours apart.[3] At the finale of the 2021/22 season, they shared a World Cup podium for the first time, having taken part in the mixed relay event where Finland placed second. Between them, the Niskanen siblings have won nine Olympic and five World Championship medals.

Cross-country skiing results

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All results are sourced from theInternational Ski Federation (FIS).[4]

Olympic Games

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  • 4 medals – (3 silver, 1 bronze)
 Year  Age  10 km 
 individual 		 15 km 
 skiathlon 		 30 km 
 mass start 		 Sprint  4 × 5 km 
 relay 		 Team 
 sprint 
201425874—SilverSilver
201829—166234—
202233Silver4Bronze—44

World Championships

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  • 2 medals – (2 bronze)
 Year  Age  10 km 
 individual 		 15 km 
 skiathlon 		 30 km 
 mass start 		 Sprint  4 × 5 km 
 relay 		 Team 
 sprint 
2011228—————
201324—12795—
2015268447Bronze—
2017286—DNF—Bronze5
20193022—————
202334956—4—

World Cup

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  • 1 title – (1 distance)
SeasonDiscipline
2023Distance

Season standings

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 Season  Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standings
OverallDistanceSprintNordic
Opening		Tour de
Ski		Ski Tour
2020		World Cup
Final		Ski Tour
Canada
200819NCNC——————
200920674555———DNF—
201021725758———DNF—
201122363040—DNF—19—
2012233227392516———
2013241112211217—5—
20142553rd place, bronze medalist(s)28235—4—
2015261412419DNF———
201627963155——7
2017288837146—11—
20182910942196—11—
201930422179———34—
2020311511431211DNF——
2021322824659DNF———
2022337625—5———
2023343rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)22—2nd place, silver medalist(s)———
2024355417—3rd place, bronze medalist(s)———
2025363rd place, bronze medalist(s)432—4———

Individual podiums

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No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
12012–1320 March 2013SwedenStockholm, Sweden1.1 km Sprint CStage World Cup3rd
22013–141 January 2014SwitzerlandLenzerheide, Switzerland10 km Mass Start CStage World Cup1st
39 March 2014NorwayOslo, Norway30 km Mass Start CWorld Cup3rd
415 March 2014SwedenFalun, Sweden7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/FStage World Cup3rd
52014–1513 December 2014SwitzerlandDavos, Switzerland10 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
62015–1629 November 2015FinlandRuka, Finland10 km Pursuit CStage World Cup3rd
72016–178 January 2017ItalyVal di Fiemme, Italy9 km Pursuit FStage World Cup3rd
812 March 2017NorwayOslo, Norway30 km Mass Start CWorld Cup3rd
92018–1917 February 2019ItalyCogne, Italy10 km Individual CWorld Cup1st
102021–2229 December 2021SwitzerlandLenzerheide, Switzerland10 km Individual CStage World Cup1st
112022–2310 December 2022NorwayBeitostølen, Norway10 km Individual CWorld Cup1st
121 January 2023SwitzerlandVal Müstair, Switzerland10 km Pursuit CStage World Cup2nd
137 January 2023ItalyVal di Fiemme, Italy15 km Mass Start CStage World Cup3rd
1431 December 2022
– 8 January 2023		SwitzerlandGermanyItalyTour de SkiOverall StandingsWorld Cup2nd
1529 January 2023FranceLes Rousses, France20 km Mass Start CWorld Cup2nd
1617 March 2023SwedenFalun, Sweden10 km Individual CWorld Cup1st
172023–2431 December 2023ItalyToblach, Italy10 km Individual CStage World Cup1st
184 January 2024SwitzerlandDavos, Switzerland20 km Pursuit CStage World Cup1st
1930 December 2023
– 7 January 2024		ItalySwitzerlandTour de SkiOverall StandingsWorld Cup3rd
2020 January 2024GermanyOberhof, Germany20 km Mass Start CWorld Cup3rd
2111 February 2024CanadaCanmore, Canada20 km Mass Start CWorld Cup2nd
222 March 2024FinlandLahti, Finland20 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
2316 March 2024SwedenFalun, Sweden10 km Individual CWorld Cup1st
242024–2515 December 2024SwitzerlandDavos, Switzerland20 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
2529 December 2024ItalyToblach, Italy15 km Mass Start CStage World Cup2nd
2631 December 202420 km Individual FStage World Cup3rd
271 January 202515 km Pursuit CStage World Cup3rd
282 February 2025ItalyCogne, Italy10 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd

Team podiums

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No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammates
12012–1320 January 2013FranceLa Clusaz, France4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndKyllönen /Saarinen /Roponen
22013–148 December 2013NorwayLillehammer, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndSaarinen /Kyllönen /Lähteenmäki
32015–166 December 2015NorwayLillehammer, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndPärmäkoski /Mononen /Kyllönen
424 January 2016Czech RepublicNové Město, Czech Republic4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdKyllönen /Pärmäkoski /Roponen
52019–201 March 2020FinlandLahti, Finland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndMatintalo /Mononen /Pärmäkoski
62020–2124 January 2021FinlandLahti, Finland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdMatintalo /Mononen /Pärmäkoski
72021–2213 March 2022SwedenFalun, Sweden4 × 5 km Mixed Relay FWorld Cup2ndHyvärinen /I. Niskanen /Pärmäkoski
82024–2531 January 2025ItalyCogne, Italy6 × 1.3 km Team Sprint CWorld Cup1stJoensuu

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Kerttu NISKANEN".FIS-ski.com. International Ski and Snowboard Federation.
  2. ^Långkvist, Carl-Magnus (2021-02-01)."Tungt bakslag för Kerttu Niskanen – skada stoppar henne från VM".YLE (in Swedish). Retrieved2021-11-02.
  3. ^"Two Niskanens take the victories of Tour de Ski stage".
  4. ^"NISKANEN Kerttu".FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved19 December 2019.

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