Finnish cross-country skier
Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja |
---|
|
Born | (1982-02-23) 23 February 1982 (age 42) Lempäälä, Finland |
---|
Ski club | Lappeen Riento |
---|
|
Seasons | 14 – (2002–2015) |
---|
Starts | 183 |
---|
Podiums | 0 |
---|
Overall titles | 0 – (24th in 2012) |
---|
Discipline titles | 0 |
---|
|
Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja (born February 23, 1982, in Lempäälä, Pirkanmaa) is a Finnish cross-country skier who has competed since 2001. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished eighth in the team sprint, 13th in the 30 km, 21st in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit, and 31st in the 10 km events.
At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Sarasoja finished 21st in the individual sprint, 24th in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit, and 25th in the 30 km events.
Her best World Cup finish was sixth in a sprint event in Finland in 2009.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]
Olympic Games
Year
|
Age
|
10 km individual
|
15 km skiathlon
|
30 km mass start
|
Sprint
|
4 × 5 km relay
|
Team sprint
|
2010
|
28
|
31
|
21
|
12
|
—
|
—
|
8
|
2014
|
32
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
36
|
—
|
—
|
World Championships
World Cup
Season Standings
Season
|
Age
|
Discipline standings
|
Ski Tour standings
|
Overall
|
Distance
|
Sprint
|
Nordic Opening
|
Tour de Ski
|
World Cup Final
|
2002
|
20
|
NC
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2003
|
21
|
76
|
—
|
53
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2004
|
22
|
51
|
61
|
29
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2005
|
23
|
64
|
NC
|
39
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2006
|
24
|
55
|
NC
|
30
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2007
|
25
|
NC
|
NC
|
NC
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2008
|
26
|
50
|
38
|
45
|
—
|
—
|
27
|
2009
|
27
|
36
|
36
|
27
|
—
|
—
|
42
|
2010
|
28
|
26
|
29
|
27
|
—
|
14
|
DNF
|
2011
|
29
|
26
|
24
|
27
|
21
|
18
|
24
|
2012
|
30
|
24
|
19
|
24
|
21
|
DNF
|
32
|
2013
|
31
|
27
|
23
|
30
|
15
|
DNF
|
22
|
2014
|
32
|
74
|
NC
|
46
|
48
|
DNF
|
—
|
2015
|
33
|
56
|
81
|
25
|
42
|
—
|
—
|
Team podiums
References
External links