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Virpi Sarasvuo

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Finnish cross-country skier
Virpi Sarasvuo
Personal information
Full nameVirpi Katriina Sarasvuo
Born (1976-05-20)20 May 1976 (age 49)
Kangasniemi, Finland
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country Finland
SportSkiing
ClubKangasniemen Kalske
World Cup career
Seasons14 – (1995,1997–2001,2003–2010)
Indiv. starts173
Indiv. podiums52
Indiv. wins27
Team starts32
Team podiums16
Team wins4
Overall titles2 – (2007,2008)
Discipline titles3 – (2DI, 1SP)
Medal record
Women'scross-country skiing
Representing Finland
International nordic ski competitions
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games002
World Championships611
Total613
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2006 TurinTeam sprint
Bronze medal – third place2010 Vancouver4 × 5 km relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2001 Lahti5 km + 5 km
combined pursuit
Gold medal – first place2007 SapporoTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2007 Sapporo30 km classical
Gold medal – first place2007 Sapporo4 × 5 km relay
Gold medal – first place2009 LiberecTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2009 Liberec4 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place2005 Oberstdorf30 km classical
Bronze medal – third place2007 SapporoIndividual sprint
Disqualified2001 Lahti4 × 5 km relay
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1995 Gällivare4 × 5 km relay

Virpi Katriina Sarasvuo[1] (néeKuitunen, born 20 May 1976) is a Finnish formercross-country skier who competed from 1995 to 2010. She won a bronze medal in the team sprint event (withAino-Kaisa Saarinen) at the2006 Winter Olympics inTurin and earned her best individual finish of fifth in the individual sprint event in those same games.Four years later inVancouver, Kuitunen won another bronze, this time in the 4 × 5 km relay.[2]

Virpi Kuitunen leading the group in the quarterfinals of Tour de Ski, Prague 2007

Kuitunen has eight medals at theFIS Nordic World Ski Championships with six golds (2001: 5 km + 5 km combined pursuit, 2007: Team sprint, withRiitta-Liisa Roponen, 30 km, & 4 × 5 km; 2009: Team sprint, 4 × 5 km), one silver (2005: 30 km), one bronze (2007: Individual sprint). She also has thirty-four additional individual victories at various levels of various distances since 2000.

Kuitunen won the first everTour de Ski competition for women in2006–07, winning overNorway'sMarit Bjørgen by 1:17.5. She also won the overall2006–07 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup, as well as the sprint World Cup the same season. In the season 2007–08 Kuitunen won the overall again.

Because of Kuitunen's successes in cross-country skiing in 2007, she was awardedFinnish Sportswoman of the Year. Kuitunen also won the Tour de Ski in 2008–09.

Virpi Kuitunen marriedJari Sarasvuo on 16 July 2010.[1]

Doping controversy

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At the2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships inLahti, Kuitunenwas disqualified when she tested positive forhydroxyethyl starch, a bannedblood plasma expander. She was forced to relinquish her silver medal earned in the 4 × 5 km and served a two-year suspension until the2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

Cross-country skiing results

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All results are sourced from theInternational Ski Federation (FIS).[3]

Olympic Games

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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 
2006299—DNF57Bronze
201033——139Bronze—

World Championships

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  • 8 medals – (6 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
 Year  Age  5 km  10 km  15 km  Pursuit  30 km  Sprint  4 × 5 km 
 relay 		 Team 
 sprint 
19992235———————
200124———GoldCNX[a]—DSQ—
200326———16————
200528—4——Silver55—
200730———DNFGoldBronzeGoldGold
200932—4—13DNF—GoldGold
a.1 Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

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Season titles

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  • 5 titles – (2 overall, 2 distance, 1 sprint)
Season
Discipline
2007Overall
Distance
Sprint
2008Overall
Distance

Season standings

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 Season  Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standings
OverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintTour de
Ski		World Cup
Final
199518NC——————
199720NC—NC————
199821NC—NC————
19992281—NC—79——
20002334—332835——
20012418———NC——
20032623———20——
20042767——4——
20052838——2——
20062967——10——
20073011——11—
20083111——321
20093256——111DNF
2010332221——20DNF28

Individual podiums

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No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
12000–0117 December 2000ItalyBrusson, Italy1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
210 February 2001EstoniaOtepää, Estonia5 km C IndividualWorld Cup2nd
32002–0311 March 2003NorwayDrammen, Norway1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
42003–0413 December 2003 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland10 km C IndividualWorld Cup2nd
518 January 2004Czech RepublicNové Město, Czech Republic1.2 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
626 February 2004NorwayDrammen, Norway1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
77 March 2004FinlandLahti, Finland10 km C IndividualWorld Cup1st
82004–0520 November 2004SwedenGällivare, Sweden10 km C IndividualWorld Cup3rd
914 December 2004ItalyAsiago, Italy1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
1013 February 2005GermanyReit im Winkl, Germany1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
115 March 2005FinlandLahti, Finland1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
129 March 2005NorwayDrammen, Norway1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
1312 March 2005NorwayOslo, Norway30 km C IndividualWorld Cup3rd
1416 March 2005SwedenGothenburg, Sweden1.1 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
152005–0619 November 2005NorwayBeitostølen, Norway10 km C IndividualWorld Cup2nd
1626 November 2005FinlandRukatunturi, Finland10 km C IndividualWorld Cup2nd
174 February 2006 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
185 February 200610 km C IndividualWorld Cup1st
192006–0725 November 2006FinlandRukatunturi, Finland1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
2026 November 200610 km C IndividualWorld Cup1st
2113 December 2006ItalyCogne, Italy10 km C IndividualWorld Cup1st
2216 December 2006FranceLa Clusaz, France15 km F Mass StartWorld Cup1st
233 January 2007GermanyOberstdorf, Germany10 km C IndividualStage World Cup3rd
245 January 2007ItalyAsiago, Italy1.2 km Sprint FStage World Cup1st
256 January 2007ItalyCavalese, Italy15 km C Mass StartStage World Cup1st
2629 December 2006
– 7 January 2007		Czech RepublicGermanyItalyTour de SkiOverall StandingsWorld Cup1st
2727 January 2007EstoniaOtepää, Estonia10 km C IndividualWorld Cup2nd
2828 January 20071.0 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
293 February 2007 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland10 km F IndividualWorld Cup1st
3010 March 2007FinlandLahti, Finland1.2 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
3114 March 2007NorwayDrammen, Norway1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
3217 March 2007NorwayOslo, Norway30 km C IndividualWorld Cup2nd
3321 March 2007SwedenStockholm, Sweden1.1 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
342007–088 December 2007 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland10 km C IndividualWorld Cup1st
3528 December 2007Czech RepublicNové Město, Czech Republic3.3 km C IndividualStage World Cup1st
362 January 200810 km C IndividualStage World Cup2nd
375 January 2008ItalyVal di Fiemme, Italy10 km C Mass StartStage World Cup1st
3828 December 2007
– 6 January 2008		Czech RepublicItalyTour de SkiOverall StandingsWorld Cup2nd
399 February 2008EstoniaOtepää, Estonia10 km C IndividualWorld Cup1st
4010 February 20081.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
4127 February 2008SwedenStockholm, Sweden1.1 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
422 March 2008FinlandLahti, Finland10 km C IndividualWorld Cup1st
435 March 2008NorwayDrammen, Norway1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
4416 March 2008ItalyBormio, Italy10 km F PursuitWorld Cup1st
452008–0930 November 2008FinlandRukatunturi, Finland10 km C IndividualWorld Cup2nd
4613 December 2008 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland10 km C IndividualWorld Cup1st
4728 December 2008GermanyOberhof, Germany10 km C PursuitStage World Cup1st
4831 December 2008Czech RepublicNové Město, Czech Republic9 km C IndividualStage World Cup1st
493 January 2009ItalyVal di Fiemme, Italy10 km C Mass StartStage World Cup1st
5027 December 2008
– 4 January 2009		GermanyCzech RepublicItalyTour de SkiOverall StandingsWorld Cup1st
5124 January 2009EstoniaOtepää, Estonia10 km C IndividualWorld Cup3rd
5225 January 20091.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd

Team podiums

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No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammate(s)
12000–0125 November 2000NorwayBeitostølen, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stManninen /Jauho /Varis
216 December 2000ItalySanta Caterina, Italy4 × 3 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdManninen /Salonen /Jauho
3 2003–04 11 January 2004EstoniaOtepää, Estonia4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdVälimaa /Saarinen /Sarasoja-Lilja
4 2004–05 21 November 2004SwedenGällivare, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndVälimaa /Saarinen /Roponen
515 December 2004ItalyAsiago, Italy6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint CWorld Cup2ndSaarinen
620 March 2005SwedenFalun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stSaarinen /Välimaa /Roponen
7 2005–06 20 November 2005NorwayBeitostølen, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdSaarinen /Välimaa /Roponen
815 January 2006ItalyVal di Fiemme, Italy4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stSaarinen /Roponen /Varis
9 2006–07 29 October 2006GermanyDüsseldorf, Germany6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rdSaarinen
1019 November 2006SwedenGällivare, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdVälimaa /Roponen /Saarinen
1127 March 2007SwedenFalun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndManninen /Roponen /Saarinen
12 2007–08 28 October 2007GermanyDüsseldorf, Germany6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rdMuranen
1324 February 2008SwedenFalun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndSaarinen /Roponen /Sarasoja-Lilja
14 2008–09 23 November 2008SwedenGällivare, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndMuranen /Saarinen /Roponen
157 December 2008FranceLa Clusaz, France4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stMuranen /Roponen /Saarinen
16 2009–10 22 November 2009NorwayBeitostølen, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdMuranen /Roponen /Saarinen

Overall record

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ResultDistance Races[a]SprintSki
tours		Individual
events		Team EventsAll events
≤ 5 km[b]≤ 10 km[b]≤ 15 km[b]≤ 30 km[b]≥ 30 km[b]Pursuit[c]Team sprintRelay[d]
1st place1122––28227–229
2nd place16–1––6115–419
3rd place–3–1––6–102416
Podiums22122–22035221064
Top 1052984–1139399516120
Points1055136–22584168616190
Others31[e]3––2[e]11[f]11––11
Starts1356166–24595179616201
a.1 Classification is made according to FIS classification.
b.12345 Includes individual and mass start races.
c.1 Includes handicap start, pursuit and double pursuit races.
d.1 Incomplete due to lack of appropriate sources prior to 2001.
e.12 Did not finish the race (DNF).
f.1 Withdrawn from2009–10 Tour de Ski.

Note: Until1999 World Championships, World Championship races are part of the World Cup. Hence results from 1999 World Championships races are included in the World Cup overall record.

References

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  1. ^ab"Virpi ja Jari Sarasvuo avioon kokovalkoisissa asuissa".HS.fi (in Finnish). Helsinki: Helsingin Sanomat Oy. 16 July 2010. Retrieved17 July 2010.
  2. ^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill; et al."Virpi Kuitunen".Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.Sports Reference LLC. Archived fromthe original on 3 December 2016.
  3. ^"KUITUNEN Virpi".FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved21 December 2019.

External links

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Media related toVirpi Sarasvuo at Wikimedia Commons

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