(1958-05-10) 10 May 1958 (age 66) Mikkeli, Finland
Spouse(s)
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen
(m. 1984; div. 2011)
Ski club
Mikkelin Hiihtaejaet
World Cup career
Seasons
20 – (1982–2001)
Starts
127
Podiums
16
Wins
6
Overall titles
0 – (3rd in 1982, 1984)
Discipline titles
0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing Finland
International nordic ski competitions
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Olympic Games
0
0
6
World Championships
1
3
4
Total
1
3
10
Olympic Games
1980 Lake Placid
4 × 10 km relay
1984 Sarajevo
15 km
1984 Sarajevo
4 × 10 km relay
1992 Albertville
4 × 10 km relay
1994 Lillehammer
4 × 10 km relay
1998 Nagano
4 × 10 km relay
World Championships
1989 Lahti
15 km classical
1989 Lahti
4 × 10 km relay
1995 Thunder Bay
4 × 10 km relay
1997 Trondheim
4 × 10 km relay
1982 Oslo
15 km
1982 Oslo
4 × 10 km relay
1985 Seefeld
30 km
1991 Val di Fiemme
4 × 10 km relay
Disqualified
2001 Lahti
4 × 10 km relay
Harri Tapani Kirvesniemi (born 10 May 1958) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed from 1980 to 2001. During his career he won six Olympic medals (all bronzes), and also the 50 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2000. He retired after being caught doping at the 2001 World Championship in Lahti.
Harri Tapani Kirvesniemi (born 10 May 1958) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed from 1980 to 2001. During his career he won six Olympic...
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three winter Olympians: cross-country skiers Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi and HarriKirvesniemi and ice hockey player Raimo Helminen. Notes Satu Mäkelä-Nummela's...
first team 1979–82). Manuela Bosco Jussi Jääskeläinen Jari Ketomaa HarriKirvesniemi Mikko Kolehmainen Olli Kolehmainen Shefki Kuqi Erkki Liikanen Otto...
individual Bronze HarriKirvesniemi 1984 Sarajevo Cross country skiing Men's 15 kilometre Bronze Juha Mieto Aki Karvonen HarriKirvesniemi Kari Ristanen...
Kasperi Kapanen Sami Kapanen Klaus Karppinen Urho Kekkonen Kalle Kerman HarriKirvesniemi Hannes Kolehmainen Mikko Kolehmainen Sakari Kuosmanen Kaapo Kähkönen...
kilometers, the Finn HarriKirvesniemi led the race after 5.8 kilometers, but it was the Swede Gunde Svan who won. Aki Karvonen and Kirvesniemi, both Finnish...
Melametsä Jarmo Mäkitalo Hannu Oksanen Arto Sirviö Petri Skriko Raimo Summanen Harri Tuohimaa Head coaches: Alpo Suhonen and Reino Ruotsalainen Events: normal...
three winter Olympians: cross country skiers Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi and HarriKirvesniemi and ice hockey player Raimo Helminen. Juha Hirvi's manager...
to compete at six Winter Olympics, after Finns Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi and HarriKirvesniemi. The following Estonian athletes won medals at the games:...
Tappara of the Finnish Liiga. Rauhala's role is mostly being the stocky HarriKirvesniemi-like bulldog. Rauhala made his Liiga debut playing with Tappara during...
in Finnish winter sports in 2012. Janne Immonen, Jari Isometsä and HarriKirvesniemi were convicted in October 2013 by the Helsinki District Court. Finland...
for Finland, She is the niece of the Finnish cross-country skier HarriKirvesniemi.[citation needed] In 2012, she debuted as an actress in the Finnish...
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