Tuulikki Pyykkönen
Country Finland
Born (1963-11-25) 25 November 1963
Puolanka, Finland
World Cup career
Seasons15 – (19841998)
Starts80
Podiums1
Wins0
Overall titles0 – (10th in 1990)
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Finland
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1997 Trondheim4 × 5 km relay
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place1982 Murau3 × 5 km relay

Tuulikki Pyykkönen (born 25 November 1963 in Puolanka, Kainuu) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed from 1987 to 1998. She won a bronze medal at the 4 × 5 km relay in the 1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and had her best finish of sixth in the 15 km event at the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

Pyykkönen's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was 12th in the 5 km at Calgary in 1988. Her only individual victory was in a 5 km event in Finland in 1995.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   20 km   30 km   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1988241229
1992282933
19943018DNS
1998341712DNS7

World Championships

  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   5 km   10 km 
 classical 
 10 km 
 freestyle 
 15 km   Pursuit   20 km   30 km   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
19872312
1989257176
199127124
19932913134
19953111346
19973319DNFDNFBronze

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age 
Overall Long Distance Sprint
198424NC
198525NC
199026NC
199127NC
19922837
19932951
19943025
19953123
19963236
199733NCNC
199834NCNC

Individual podiums

  • 1 podium
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 1989–90 9 December 1989United States Soldier Hollow, United States5 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd

Team podiums

  • 8 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 1986–87 1 March 1987Finland Lahti, Finland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdMäättä / Savolainen / Matikainen
219 March 1987Norway Oslo, Norway4 × 5 km Relay CWorld Cup2ndHyytiäinen / Matikainen / Määttä
3 1989–90 4 March 1990Finland Lahti, Finland4 × 5 km Relay FWorld Cup3rdMäättä / Kuivalainen / Hyytiäinen
411 March 1990Sweden Örnsköldsvik, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdMäättä / Kuivalainen / Savolainen
5 1993–94 4 March 1994Finland Lahti, Finland4 × 5 km Relay CWorld Cup3rdRolig / Lahtinen / Kirvesniemi
6 1995–96 17 March 1996Norway Oslo, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndSirviö / Pulkkinen / Kittilä
7 1996–97 28 February 1997Norway Trondheim, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Championships[1]3rdSirviö / Pulkkinen / Salonen
89 March 1997Sweden Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdSirviö / Pulkkinen / Salonen

Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

  1. "PYYKOENEN Tuulikki". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2019.


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