Liisa Veijalainen

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

Liisa Veijalainen

1972
Medal record
Women's orienteering
Representing  Finland
World Championships
	1972 Jicin	Relay
	1976 Aviemore	Individual distance
	1978 Kongsberg	Relay
	1979 Tampere	Relay
	1976 Aviemore	Relay
	1978 Kongsberg	Individual distance
	1979 Tampere	Individual distance
	1981 Thun	Relay

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

• List of orienteers
• List of orienteering events