Pirjo Muranen (née Manninen, born 8 March 1981 in Rovaniemi) is a retired Finnish cross-country skier. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Muranen won five medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three golds (Individual sprint: 2001, 4 × 5 km relay: 2007, 2009), a silver (Team sprint: 2005, with Riitta-Liisa Lassila), and a bronze (Individual sprint: 2009). She married on 30 June 2007; previously known by her maiden name of Pirjo Manninen.
Muranen also has sixteen additional victories up to 15 km from 2000 to 2002. She is the younger sister of Nordic combined skier Hannu. At the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo, they became the first brother-sister combination to win gold medals at the same championships.
Muranen retired from the sport in April 2011. She has then worked as a cross-country skiing pundit and studio commentator for Finland's national public-broadcasting company Yle.
Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games 1 medal – (1 bronze)
Year Age 10 km individual 15 km skiathlon 30 km mass start Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2010 28 — 30 — 21 Bronze —
World Championships 6 medals – (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze) Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2001 19 — — 26 Gold 2003 21 14 — — 18 6 2005 23 50 — — — — Silver 2007 25 — 15 — 7 Gold — 2009 27 7 — 10 Bronze Gold — 2011 29 6 — — 38 Bronze —
a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.
World Cup Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintNordicOpeningTour deSkiWorld CupFinal 1998 16 — 1999 17 80 — 79 2000 18 22 — 32 6 2001 19 11 2003 21 16 2004 22 32 55 15 2005 23 21 7 2006 24 75 46 2007 25 29 38 25 22 2008 26 14 28 5 15 43 2009 27 7 13 12 6 2010 28 31 37 15 2011 29 34 41 17 —
Individual podiums 5 victories – (5 ) 15 podiums – (14 , 1 ) No. Season Date Location Race Level Place1 1999–0028 February 2000 Stockholm, Sweden 1.5 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd2 8 March 2000 Oslo, Norway 1.5 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd3 2000–01 17 December 2000 Brusson, Italy 1.0 km Sprint F World Cup 1st4 28 December 2000 Engelberg, Switzerland 1.0 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd5 29 December 20001.0 km Sprint F World Cup 1st6 7 March 2001 Oslo, Norway 1.5 km Sprint F World Cup 1st7 2002–03 19 December 2002 Linz, Austria 1.5 km Sprint F World Cup 1st8 2003–0418 January 2004 Nové Město, Czech Republic 1.2 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd9 2004–0516 January 2005 Nové Město, Czech Republic 1.2 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd10 2007–08 30 December 2007 Prague, Czech Republic 1.0 km Sprint F Stage World Cup 2nd11 26 January 2008 Canmore, Canada 1.2 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd12 2008–09 31 January 2009 Rybinsk, Russia 1.3 km Sprint F World Cup 1st13 13 February 2009 Valdidentro, Italy 1.4 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd14 7 March 2009 Lahti, Finland 1.3 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd15 2009–10 11 March 2010 Drammen, Norway 1.0 km Sprint C World Cup 3rd
Team podiums 3 victories – (3 ) 14 podiums – (9 , 5 ) No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)1 2000–01 26 November 2000 Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Jauho / Kuitunen / Varis2 9 December 2000 Santa Caterina, Norway 4 × 3 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Salonen / Kuitunen / Jauho3 2002–03 1 December 2002 Rukatunturi, Finland 2 × 5 km / 2 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Viljanmaa / Palolahti / Kattilakoski4 2003–04 6 March 2004 Lahti, Finland 6 × 1.0 km Team Sprint C World Cup 2nd Pienimäki-Hietamäki5 2004–05 23 January 2005 Pragelato, Italy 6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint C World Cup 3rd Saarinen6 2005–06 18 March 2006 Sapporo, Japan 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Roponen7 2006–07 4 February 2007 Davos, Switzerland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Saarinen / Venäläinen / Roponen8 25 March 2007 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Kuitunen / Roponen / Saarinen 9 2007–08 28 October 2007 Düsseldorf, Germany 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 3rd Kuitunen10 25 November 2007 Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Sarasoja / Saarinen / Roponen 11 17 February 2008 Liberec, Czech Republic 4 × 1.4 km Team Sprint C World Cup 2nd Saarinen 12 2008–09 23 November 2008 Gällivare, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Kuitunen / Saarinen / Roponen13 7 December 2008 La Clusaz, France 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Kuitunen / Roponen / Saarinen14 2009–10 22 November 2009 Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Kuitunen / Roponen / Saarinen
See also List of Olympic medalist families
References
External links
Official website (archived)