Lahja Hämäläinen

Lahja Hämäläinen
Sport
CountryFinland
SportIce sledge speed racing
Medal record
Women's ice sledge speed racing
Representing  Finland
Winter Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1980 Geilo100 m - V
Bronze medal – third place1980 Geilo500 m - V
Bronze medal – third place1980 Geilo800 m - V
Gold medal – first place1984 Innsbruck100 m - gr I
Gold medal – first place1984 Innsbruck300 m - gr I
Gold medal – first place1984 Innsbruck500 m - gr I
Gold medal – first place1984 Innsbruck700 m - gr I

Lahja Hämäläinen is a Finnish ice sledge speed racer.[1] She represented Finland at the 1980 Winter Paralympics, at the 1984 Winter Paralympics and at the 1988 Winter Paralympics. In total, she won four gold medals and three bronze medals.[2]

She won three bronze medals in ice sledge speed racing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics in Geilo, Norway and four gold medals in ice sledge speed racing at the 1984 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Lindfors, Jukka (11 March 2014). "Suomella mitalijuhlat Innsbruckin talviparalympialaisissa 1984" (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Lahja Haemaelaeinen". paralympic.org.