Pirjo Muranen

Pirjo Muranen (née Manninen, born March 8, 1981 in Rovaniemi) is a retired Finnish cross-country skier.  She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.  Muranen won five medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three golds (Individual sprint: 2001, 4 × 5 km relay: 2007, 2009), a silver (Team sprint: 2005, with Riitta-Liisa Lassila), and a bronze (Individual sprint: 2009).  She married on 30 June 2007; previously known by her maiden name of Pirjo Manninen. 

Muranen also has sixteen additional victories up to 15 km from 2000 to 2002.  She is the younger sister of Nordic combined skier Hannu.  At the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo, they became the first brother-sister combination to win gold medals at the same championships. 

Muranen retired from the sport in April 2011.  She has then worked as a cross-country skiing pundit and studio commentator for Finland's national public-broadcasting company Yle. 

Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). 

Olympic Games
1 medal – (1 bronze)

World Championships
 6 medals – (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)

a.  Cancelled due to extremely cold weather. 

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums
5 victories – (5 ) 
15 podiums – (14 , 1 )

Team podiums
3 victories – (3 ) 
14 podiums – (9 , 5 )

References

External links

Official website 

Category:1981 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Rovaniemi
Category:Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Category:Finnish female cross-country skiers
Category:Olympic cross-country skiers of Finland
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
Category:Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
Category:FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
Category:Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics