Marjo Matikainen-Kallström


Marjo Tuulevi Matikainen-Kallström is a politician and former Finnish cross-country skier.

Politics

Matikainen-Kallström represents the National Coalition Party in Finland. From 1996 to 2004 she was a Member of the European Parliament, and since 2004 she has been a member of the Finnish Parliament.

Athletics

She had a very short but winning sporting career. In the six seasons she competed at a top international level, she won the World Cup three years in a row. At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Matikainen-Kallström won a bronze medal in the relay aged just 19.
Four years later in Calgary she won bronze on the 10 km race, and in the 5 km sprint won gold after being in second place all race until the last kilometre before coming through to win, 1.3 seconds ahead of Tamara Tikhonova, who had to settle for silver. That same year she won another bronze medal in the relay.
At the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, she won the 5 km and silver in the 10 km. Matikainen-Kallström finished her championship career with a fantastic 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships on her home soil in Lahti, where she won the following medals:
Matikainen-Kallström also was the first winner of the women's 30 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1988.

Scholastics

She quit competition after these championships at the age of 24 to concentrate on her studies at the Helsinki University of Technology and on politics.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation.

Olympic Games

Year Age 5 km 10 km 20 km 4 × 5 km
relay
19841922——Bronze
198823GoldBronze12Bronze

World Championships

Year Age 5 km 10 km
classical 		10 km
freestyle 		15 km 20 km 30 km 4 × 5 km
relay
198520———4
198722GoldSilver46
198924BronzeSilverGoldBronzeGold

World Cup

Season titles

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
11985–867 December 1985 Labrador City, Canada5 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
21985–8613 January 1985 Biwabik, United States10 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
31985–862 March 1986 Lahti, Finland5 km Individual CWorld Cup1st
41985–868 March 1986 Falun, Sweden30 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
5 1986–87 13 February 1987 Oberstdorf, West Germany10 km Individual CWorld Championships2nd
6 1986–87 16 February 1987 Oberstdorf, West Germany5 km Individual CWorld Championships1st
7 1986–87 28 February 1987 Lahti, Finland5 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
8 1986–87 7 March 1987 Falun, Sweden30 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
9 1986–87 15 March 1987 Kavgolovo, Soviet Union10 km Individual CWorld Cup1st
10 1987–88 14 February 1988 Calgary, Canada10 km Individual COlympic Games3rd
11 1987–88 17 February 1988 Calgary, Canada5 km Individual COlympic Games1st
12 1987–88 12 March 1988 Falun, Sweden5 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
13 1987–88 17 March 1988 Oslo, Norway30 km Individual CWorld Cup1st
14 1988–89 17 February 1989 Lahti, Finland10 km Individual CWorld Championships3rd
15 1988–89 19 February 1989 Lahti, Finland10 km Individual FWorld Championships2nd
16 1988–89 21 February 1989 Lahti, Finland15 km Individual CWorld Championships1st
17 1988–89 25 February 1989 Lahti, Finland30 km Individual FWorld Championships3rd

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammates
1 1983–84 15 February 1984 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia4 × 5 km RelayOlympic Games3rdMäättä / Hyytiäinen / Hämäläinen
2 1984–85 10 March 1985 Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km RelayWorld Cup3rdMäättä / Hyytiäinen / Hämäläinen
3 1985–86 1 March 1986 Lahti, Finland4 × 5 km Relay CWorld Cup3rdMäättä / Hyytiäinen / Savolainen
4 1986–87 1 March 1987 Lahti, Finland4 × 5 km Relay CWorld Cup3rdPyykkönen / Määttä / Savolainen
5 1986–87 19 March 1987 Oslo, Norway4 × 5 km Relay CWorld Cup2ndHyytiäinen / Määttä / Pyykkönen
6 1987–88 21 February 1988 Calgary, Canada4 × 5 km Relay FOlympic Games3rdMäättä / Kirvesniemi / Savolainen
7 1987–88 13 March 1988 Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay CWorld Cup2ndKirvesniemi / Hyytiäinen / Määttä
81988–8923 February 1989 Lahti, Finland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Championships1stMäättä / Kirvesniemi / Savolainen

Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.