Liisa Veijalainen

Liisa Peltola (née Liukkonen, formerly Veijalainen; born 4 April 1951) is a Finnish orienteering competitor.[1] She won the 1976 Individual World Orienteering Championships,[2][3] and took silver medal 1978[4] and 1979. She is also three times Relay World Champion, as a member of the Finnish winning team 1972,[5] 1978[4] and 1979 (silver 1976[3] and 1981).

Liisa Veijalainen
Medal record
Women's orienteering
Representing  Finland
World Championships
1972 Jicin Relay
1976 Aviemore Individual distance
1978 Kongsberg Relay
1979 Tampere Relay
1976 Aviemore Relay
1978 Kongsberg Individual distance
1979 Tampere Individual distance
1981 Thun Relay

Selected works
  • Rastilta rastille. Espoo: Weilin; Göös. 1980. ISBN 9789513522452. OCLC 17027183.[6] Autobiography. Swedish edition: Från skärm till skärm. Afterword by Seppo Veijalainen: Med tränarens ögon (pp. 93–122). Kaarina: Juoksija. 1981. ISBN 9789519934075. OCLC 57873495.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)[7]

See also

References
  1. "Tyttö, joka ei pelännyt metsää". KauppaSuomi (in Finnish). 17 July 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  2. World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 2011-02-22 at WebCite (Retrieved on November 19, 2007)
  3. "World Orienteering Championships 1976". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  4. "World Orienteering Championships 1978". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  5. "World Orienteering Championships 1972". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  6. "Rastilta rastille". worldcat.org. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  7. "Från skärm till skärm". worldcat.org. Retrieved 15 April 2021.


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