Tuulikki Puukenen ( Finnish. Tuulikki Pyykkönen ; November 25, 1963 , Puolanka , Finland ) - Finnish skier , participant of four Olympic games and six world championships, winner of the 1997 World Cup.
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| Full name | Sisko Tuulikki Puukyonen | ||||||||
| Birth name | fin. Tuulikki Pyykkönen | ||||||||
| Citizenship |  Finland | ||||||||
| Date of Birth | November 25, 1963 (55 years old) | ||||||||
| Place of Birth | Poolanka , Finland | ||||||||
| Growth | 158 cm | ||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg | ||||||||
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| Club | Puolangan Ryhti | ||||||||
| Status | completed her career | ||||||||
| End of career | 1998 | ||||||||
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| World Cup debut | January 9, 1988 | ||||||||
| World Cup Victories | 0 | ||||||||
| Best position in World Cup | 10 ( 1989/90 ) | ||||||||
| Sprint views | 30 ( 1997/98 ) | ||||||||
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In the World Cup, Pyukyonen made her debut in 1988 , in December 1989, for the only time in her career, she was in the top three in the individual race at the World Cup stage. In addition, in individual races, he has counted 14 hits in the top ten at the stages of the World Cup. Pyukyonen's best achievement in the overall World Cup standings is 10th in the 1989/90 season.
At the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, she started in two races, 5 km with classics - 12th place, 10 km with classics - 29th place.
At the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, she was 29th in the 5km classic and 33rd in the pursuit.
At the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, she became the 18th classic in the 5 km race, she was declared in the pursuit, but did not start.
At the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, she took 17th place in the classic 5 km race, 12th place in the 15 km classic race, 7th in the relay race, she was also declared for the pursuit, but did not start.
During her career she took part in six world championships , at the 1997 world championship in Trondheim she won the bronze medal in the relay. The best result in personal races at the world championships, 6th place in the 15 km race with the classic style at the 1989 world championship in Lahti .
Links
- Tuulikki Puukyonen - statistics on the FIS website
- Tuulikki Puukenen - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com