Päivi_Tommola

Päivi Tommola

Päivi Tommola

Finnish mountain bike orienteering competitor

Päivi Tommola (born 1971) is a Finnish mountain bike orienteering competitor, World Champion and European Champion. She won individual gold medals at the 2002 and 2005 World Championships, and gold medals in the relay in 2002, 2004 and 2007.[1]

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2002-2005

Tommola competed at the very first World Championships, in Fontainebleau in 2002, where she won a gold medal in the long distance. She also won a gold medal in the relay with the Finnish team, together with Kirsi Korhonen and Mervi Väisänen.[2] At the 2004 World Championships in Ballarat she won a silver medal in the long distance, behind winner Anke Dannowski from Germany,[3] and a gold medal in the relay together with Maija Lång and Kirsi Korhonen.[4] She won a gold medal in the long distance at the 2005 World Championships in Banská Bystrica.[5]

2006-2008

When the 2006 World Championships were held in Joensuu in Finland, Tommola won a silver medal in the relay with the Finnish team. She placed seventh in the middle distance and sixth in the long distance.[6] At the European Championships in Warsaw in August-September 2006, the Finnish team won gold medals in the relay, with Tommola, Ingrid Stengård and Maija Lång on the team.[7] At the European Championships in Castelfiorentino 2007 Tommola won gold medals in both the long distance and the middle distance, and also a silver medal in the relay.[8] The 2007 World Championships were held in Nove Mesto in August, and the Finnish relay team won gold medals with Taija Jäppinen, Ingrid Stengård and Päivi Tommola.[9] She won a bronze medal in the middle distance at the 2008 World Championships in Ostróda.[10]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "World MTB Orienteering Championships". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
  2. [2]
    "World MTB Orienteering Championships 2002". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. [3]
    "The 2nd World MTB Orienteering Championships: Long distance gold to Alain Berger and Anke Dannowski". International Orienteering Federation. 20 October 2004. Archived from the original on 2007-06-17. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  4. [4]
    "World MTB Orienteering Championships 2004". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  5. [5]
    "World MTB Orienteering Championships 2005". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  6. [6]
    "World MTB Orienteering Championships 2006". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  7. [7]
    "European MTB Orienteering Championships 2006. Warsaw, Poland, 30 August - 3 September". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 26 June 2009.[permanent dead link]
  8. [8]
    "European MTB Orienteering Championships 2007. Castelfiorentino, Tuscany, Italy, 4 - 10 June". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 26 June 2009.[permanent dead link]
  9. [9]
    "World MTB Orienteering Championships 2007". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  10. [10]
    "World MTB Orienteering Championships 2008". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
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