Riitta-Liisa Roponen

Riitta-Liisa Roponen at Tour de Ski, Prague 2007

Personal information

Nationality

Finnish

Born

6 May 1978
Haukipudas, Finland

Medal record

Women's cross-country skiing
Competitor for Finland
Olympic Games
	2010 Vancouver	4 x 5 km
World Championships
	2007 Sapporo	Team sprint
	2007 Sapporo	4 x 5 km
	2009 Liberec	4 x 5 km
	2005 Oberstdorf	Team sprint
	2011 Holmenkollen	4 x 5 km
	2015 Falun	4 x 5 km relay

Riitta-Liisa Roponen (born Lassila, 6 May 1978) is a Finnish cross-country skier who has competed since 1998.

Career

She won a bronze in the 4 x 5 km relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Roponen also won two team sprint medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 2007 (with Virpi Kuitunen) and a silver in 2005 (with Pirjo Manninen). Roponen also earned two more gold medals in the 4 x 5 km relay, earning them in 2007 and 2009.

Roponen's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics is 6th in the 10 km freestyle at Vancouver in 2010. She has three individual victories since 2006.

References

Riitta-Liisa Roponen at the International Ski Federation

World champions in women's cross-country skiing team sprint

2005: Norway (Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Marit Bjørgen) 2007: Finland (Riitta-Liisa Roponen, Virpi Kuitunen) 2009: Finland (Virpi Kuitunen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen) 2011: Sweden (Ida Ingemarsdotter, Charlotte Kalla) 2013: United States (Jessica Diggins, Kikkan Randall) 2015: Norway (Ingvild Flugstad Østberg, Maiken Caspersen Falla)

World champions in women's cross-country skiing 3/4 x 5 km relay

3 x 5 km	1954: Soviet Union Lyubov Kozyreva Margarita Maslennikova Valentina Tsaryova 1958: Soviet Union Radya Yeroshina Alevtina Kolchina Lyubov Kozyreva 1962: Soviet Union Lyubov Baranova Maria Gusakova Alevtina Kolchina 1966: Soviet Union Klavdiya Boyarskikh Rita Achkina Alevtina Kolchina 1970: Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva Galina Kulakova Alevtina Olyunina

4 x 5 km	1974: Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva Nina Selyunina Raisa Smetanina Galina Kulakova 1978: Finland Taina Impiö Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen Hilkka Riihivuori Helena Takalo 1982: Norway Anette Bøe Inger Helene Nybråten Berit Aunli Britt Pettersen 1985: Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova Raisa Smetanina Liliya Vasilchenko Anfisa Romanova 1987: Soviet Union Antonina Ordina Nina Gavrilyuk Larisa Ptistyna Anfisa Reztsova 1989: Finland Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Jaana Savolainen Marjo Matikainen 1991: Soviet Union Lyubov Yegorova Raisa Smetanina Tamara Tikhonova Yelena Välbe 1993: Russia Yelena Välbe Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrilyuk Lyubov Yegorova 1995: Russia Olga Danilova Yelena Välbe Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrilyuk 1997: Russia Olga Danilova Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrilyuk Yelena Välbe 1999: Russia Olga Danilova Larisa Lazutina Anfisa Reztsova Nina Gavrilyuk 2001: Russia Olga Danilova Larisa Lazutina Yuliya Chepalova Nina Gavrilyuk 2003: Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Claudia Künzel Evi Sachenbacher 2005: Norway Vibeke Skofterud Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen 2007: Finland Virpi Kuitunen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Pirjo Manninen 2009: Finland Pirjo Muranen Virpi Kuitunen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 2011: Norway Vibeke Skofterud Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen 2013: Norway Heidi Weng Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen 2015: Norway Heidi Weng Therese Johaug Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Marit Bjørgen

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