Liisa Veijalainen

Liisa Veijalainen

Veijalainen in 1972
Medal record
Women's orienteering
Representing  Finland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1972 JicinRelay
Gold medal – first place1976 AviemoreIndividual distance
Gold medal – first place1978 KongsbergRelay
Gold medal – first place1979 TampereRelay
Silver medal – second place1976 AviemoreRelay
Silver medal – second place1978 KongsbergIndividual distance
Silver medal – second place1979 TampereIndividual distance
Silver medal – second place1981 ThunRelay

Liisa Kaarina Liljeström (née Liukkonen, formerly Veijalainen, formerly Peltola, born 4 April 1951) is a Finnish orienteering competitor.[1][2] She won the 1976 Individual World Orienteering Championships,[3][4] and took silver medal 1978[5] and 1979. She is also three times Relay World Champion, as a member of the Finnish winning team 1972,[6] 1978[5] and 1979 (silver 1976[4] and 1981).

Selected works

  • Rastilta rastille. Espoo: Weilin+Göös. 1980. ISBN 951-35-2245-8. OCLC 17027183. (Autobiography in Finnish.)
  • Från skärm till skärm. Afterword by Seppo Veijalainen: Med tränarens ögon (pp. 93–122). Kaarina: Juoksija. 1981. ISBN 951-99340-7-3. OCLC 57873495.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) (Autobiography in Swedish.)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tyttö, joka ei pelännyt metsää". KauppaSuomi (in Finnish). 17 July 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Suomen miehille suunnistuksen MM-pronssi" [World Championship bronze in orienteering for the Finnish men]. Turun Tienoo (in Finnish). 17 July 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  3. ↑ World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 2011-08-23 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 19 November 2007)
  4. 1 2 "World Orienteering Championships 1976". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  5. 1 2 "World Orienteering Championships 1978". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "World Orienteering Championships 1972". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
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