Kirsi Helen (née Perälä, born May 6, 1982, in Forssa) is a Finnish cross-country skier who has competed since 2001. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished 19th in the individual sprint event.
| Kirsi Helen | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Full name | Kirsi Johanna Helen | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 May 1982 Forssa, Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Ski club | Noormarkun Nopsa | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 9 – (2002–2005, 2007–2011) | ||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 52 | ||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Team podiums | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (36th in 2005) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Helen also finished 23rd in the sprint event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec.
Her best World Cup finish was fifth twice (2008, 2010), both in sprint events.
Cross-country skiing results
editAll results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]
Olympic Games
edit| Year | Age | 10 km individual |
15 km skiathlon |
30 km mass start |
Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay |
Team sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 27 | — | — | — | 19 | — | — |
World Championships
edit| Year | Age | 10 km individual |
15 km skiathlon |
30 km mass start |
Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay |
Team sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 26 | — | — | — | 23 | — | — |
World Cup
editSeason standings
edit| Season | Age | Discipline standings | Ski Tour standings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Distance | Sprint | Nordic Opening |
Tour de Ski |
World Cup Final | ||
| 2002 | 19 | NC | — | NC | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 20 | 66 | — | 46 | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 21 | 42 | NC | 19 | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 22 | 36 | — | 17 | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 24 | 79 | — | 46 | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 25 | 51 | — | 35 | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 26 | 44 | NC | 22 | — | — | 55 |
| 2010 | 27 | 54 | — | 24 | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 28 | 69 | — | 45 | DNF | — | — |
References
edit- ^ "HELEN Kirsi". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
External links
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