Liisa Veijalainen

Liisa Kaarina Peltola (née Liukkonen, formerly Veijalainen; born 4 April 1951) is a Finnish orienteering competitor.[1] She won the 1976 Individual World Orienteering Championships,[2][3] and took silver medal 1978[4] and 1979. She is also three times Relay World Champion, as a member of the Finnish winning team 1972,[5] 1978[4] and 1979 (silver 1976[3] and 1981).

Liisa Veijalainen

1972
Medal record
Women's orienteering
Representing  Finland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1972 Jicin Relay
Gold medal – first place 1976 Aviemore Individual distance
Gold medal – first place 1978 Kongsberg Relay
Gold medal – first place 1979 Tampere Relay
Silver medal – second place 1976 Aviemore Relay
Silver medal – second place 1978 Kongsberg Individual distance
Silver medal – second place 1979 Tampere Individual distance
Silver medal – second place 1981 Thun Relay

Selected works
  • Rastilta rastille. Espoo: Weilin+Göös. 1980. ISBN 951-35-2245-8. OCLC 17027183. (Autobiography in Finnish.)
  • Från skärm till skärm. Afterword by Seppo Veijalainen: Med tränarens ögon (pp. 93–122). Kaarina: Juoksija. 1981. ISBN 951-99340-7-3. OCLC 57873495.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) (Autobiography in Swedish.)

See also

References
  1. "Tyttö, joka ei pelännyt metsää". KauppaSuomi (in Finnish). 17 July 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  2. World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 2011-08-23 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on November 19, 2007)
  3. "World Orienteering Championships 1976". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  4. "World Orienteering Championships 1978". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  5. "World Orienteering Championships 1972". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2018.


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