Kerttu Niskanen

Kerttu Niskanen
Full name Kerttu Elina Niskanen
Born (1988-06-13) 13 June 1988
Oulu, Finland
Ski club Vieremän Koitto
World Cup career
Seasons 2007–
Individual wins 1
Indiv. podiums 8
Medal record
Olympic Games
2014 Sochi4 x 5 km relay
2014 SochiTeam sprint
World Championships
2015 Falun4 x 5 km relay
2017 Lahti4 x 5 km relay

Kerttu Elina Niskanen (born 13 June 1988) is a Finnish cross-country skier.

Career

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo, Niskanen finished eighth in the 10 kilometre classical event.[1]

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi she won two silver medals as a member of team Finland: in 4 times 5 kilometre relay and in team sprint. She also finished fourth in 30 kilometre freestyle.

Her brother Iivo is also cross-country skier, gold medalist from men's 50k mass start classic at the 2018 Olympics.

World Cup podiums

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Individual podiums

  • 1 victory – (1 SWC)
  • 8 podiums – (3 WC, 5 SWC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
12012–1320 March 2013Sweden Stockholm, Sweden1.1 km Sprint CStage World Cup3rd
22013–141 January 2014Switzerland Lenzerheide, France10 km Mass Start CStage World Cup1st
39 March 2014Norway Oslo, Norway30 km Mass Start CWorld Cup3rd
415 March 2014Sweden Falun, Sweden7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/FStage World Cup3rd
52014–1513 December 2014Switzerland Davos, Switzerland10 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
62015–1629 November 2015Finland Ruka, Finland10 km Pursuit CStage World Cup3rd
72016–178 January 2017Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy9 km Pursuit FStage World Cup3rd
812 March 2017Norway Oslo, Norway30 km Mass Start CWorld Cup3rd

Team podiums

  • 4 podiums – (4 RL)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
12012–1320 January 2013France La Clusaz, France4 × 5 km Relay MWorld Cup2ndKyllönen / Saarinen / Roponen
22013–148 December 2013Norway Lillehammer, Norway4 × 5 km Relay MWorld Cup2ndSaarinen / Kyllönen / Lähteenmäki
32015–166 December 2015Norway Lillehammer, Norway4 × 5 km Relay MWorld Cup2ndPärmäkoski / Mononen / Kyllönen
424 January 2016Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 5 km Relay MWorld Cup3rdKyllönen / Pärmäkoski // Roponen

References

  1. ↑ Kerttu Niskanen at the International Ski Federation
  2. ↑ "NISKANEN Kerttu". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
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