Mervi Väisänen

Mervi Pesu
Personal information
BornMervi Väisänen
(1973-05-02) 2 May 1973
SpouseRaino Pesu
Sport
SportSki orienteering
Medal record
Representing  Finland
Women's ski orienteering
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 RidderLong
Bronze medal – third place2002 BorovetzLong
Bronze medal – third place2015 Hamar / LøtenMiddle
Women's mountain bike orienteering
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2002 FontainebleauSprint

Mervi Väisänen (born Mervi Pesu ;[1] born 2 May 1973) is a Finnish ski-orienteering and mountain bike orienteering competitor.

She won a bronze medal in the long distance at the 2002 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Borovetz.[2] She won a silver medal at the 2002 World MTB Orienteering Championships, after finishing seven seconds behind gold medalist Laure Coupat.[3]

She won a bronze medal in the middle distance at the 2015 World Ski Orienteering Championships, behind Milka Reponen and Marjut Turunen.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mervi Pesu". IOF Eventor. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "World Ski Orienteering Championships". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 16 June 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ "MTB-WOC 2002 FRA Fontainebleau, France, 1–6 July 2002". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  4. ↑ "Official results for WSOC Middle distance". IOF Eventor. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2017.


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