Jaana Savolainen Explained

Jaana Savolainen
Fullname:Jaana Maarit Savolainen
Birth Date:1964 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Lappeenranta, Finland
Seasons:11 – (19831993)
Wins:2
Totalpodiums:4
Wcoveralls:0 – (8th in 1986)
Teamwins:1
Teampodiums:8
Individual Starts:33
Team Starts:13

Jaana Maarit Savolainen (born 23 January 1964 in Lappeenranta) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed from 1984 to 1993. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and finished 18th in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville.[1]

Savolainen also won a gold medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti. She also won the 10 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1986.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   5 km  10 km  15 km  Pursuit  20 km  30 km  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
24
28 4

World Championships

 Year   Age   5 km  10 km 
 classical 
 10 km 
 freestyle 
 15 km  20 km  30 km  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
21 4
23 6
25 16 Gold

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Overall
19
20 28
21
22 8
23 56
24 28
25 28
26 9
27
28 13
29 58

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1  1985–86 7 December 1985 Labrador City, Canada 5 km Individual FWorld Cup 3rd
2 15 March 1986 Oslo, Norway 10 km Individual FWorld Cup 1st
3  1987–88 13 December 1987 La Clusaz, France 5 km Individual FWorld Cup 2nd
4 1989–909 December 1989 Soldier Hollow, United States 5 km Individual C World Cup 1st

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammates
1  1983–84 26 February 1984 Falun, Italy 4 × 5 km Relay World Cup 2nd Määttä / Hyytiäinen / Hämäläinen
2  1985–86 1 March 1986 Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay CWorld Cup 3rd Määttä / Hyytiäinen / Matikainen
3  1986–87 1 March 1987 Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup 3rd Pyykkönen / Määttä / Matikainen
4  1987–88 21 February 1988 Calgary, Canada 4 × 5 km Relay FOlympic Games 3rd Määttä / Kirvesniemi / Matikainen
5 1988–8923 February 1989 Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Championships 1st Määttä / Kirvesniemi / Matikainen
6  1989–90 11 March 1990 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup 3rd Pyykkönen / Määttä / Kuivalainen
7  1990–91 10 March 1991 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay CWorld Cup 3rd Lukkarinen / Lahtinen / Kirvesniemi
8  1991–92 8 March 1992 Funäsdalen, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay CWorld Cup 3rd Riikola / Lukkarinen / Kirvesniemi
Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

Notes and References

  1. Jaana Savolainen . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203221631/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/jaana-savolainen-1.html . 3 December 2016.
  2. Web site: SAVOLAINEN Jaana . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 18 December 2019.