Marjo Matikainen-Kallström

Marjo Tuulevi Matikainen-Kallström (born 3 February 1965) is a Finnish former politician and cross-country skier.

Marjo Matikainen-Kallström
Full name	Marjo Tuulevi Matikainen-Kallström
Born	Marjo Tuulevi Matikainen (1965-02-03) 3 February 1965 (age 60) Lohja, Finland
Ski club	Espoon Hiihtoseura
World Cup career
Seasons	6 – (1984–1989)
Indiv. starts	37
Indiv. podiums	16
Indiv. wins	8
Team starts	10
Team podiums	8
Team wins	1
Overall titles	3 – (1986, 1987, 1988)
Medal record Women's cross-country skiing Representing  Finland Olympic Games 1988 Calgary 5 km classical 1988 Calgary 10 km classical 1984 Sarajevo 4 × 5 km relay 1988 Calgary 4 × 5 km relay World Championships 1987 Oberstdorf 5 km classical 1989 Lahti 15 km classical 1989 Lahti 4 × 5 km relay 1987 Oberstdorf 10 km classical 1989 Lahti 10 km freestyle 1989 Lahti 10 km classical 1989 Lahti 30 km freestyle Junior World Championships 1983 Kuopio 3 × 5 km relay 1982 Murau 3 × 5 km relay

Politics

Matikainen-Kallström has represented the National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) in Finland. From 1996 to 2004 she was a Member of the European Parliament, and from 2004 to 2015 a member of the Finnish Parliament.

Athletics

She had a very short but winning sporting career. In the six seasons she competed at a top international level, she won the World Cup three years in a row. At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Matikainen-Kallström won a bronze medal in the relay aged just 19.

Four years later in Calgary she won bronze on the 10 km race, and in the 5 km sprint won gold after being in second place all race until the last kilometre before coming through to win, 1.3 seconds ahead of Tamara Tikhonova, who had to settle for silver. That same year she won another bronze medal in the relay.

At the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, she won the 5 km and silver in the 10 km. Matikainen-Kallström finished her championship career with a fantastic 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships on her home soil in Lahti, where she won the following medals:

Matikainen-Kallström also was the first winner of the women's 30 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1988.

Scholastics

She quit competition after these championships at the age of 24 to concentrate on her studies at the Helsinki University of Technology and on politics.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).^[1]

Olympic Games

• 4 medals – (1 gold, 3 bronze)

Year	Age	5 km	10 km	20 km	4 × 5 km   relay
1984	19	22	—	—	Bronze
1988	23	Gold	Bronze	12	Bronze

World Championships

• 7 medals – (3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)

Year	Age	5 km	10 km  classical	10 km  freestyle	15 km	20 km	30 km	4 × 5 km   relay
1985	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
1987	22	Gold	Silver	—	—	4	—	6
1989	24	—	Bronze	Silver	Gold	—	Bronze	Gold

World Cup

Season titles

• 3 titles – (3 overall)

	Season
		Discipline
	1986	Overall
	1987	Overall
	1988	Overall

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall
1984	19	NC
1985	20	36
1986	21	1
1987	22	1
1988	23	1
1989	24	11

Individual podiums

• 8 victories
• 17 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place
1	1985–86	7 December 1985	Labrador City, Canada	5 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
2		13 January 1985	Biwabik, United States	10 km Individual C	World Cup	3rd
3		2 March 1986	Lahti, Finland	5 km Individual C	World Cup	1st
4		8 March 1986	Falun, Sweden	30 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
5	1986–87	13 February 1987	Oberstdorf, West Germany	10 km Individual C	World Championships[1]	2nd
6		16 February 1987		5 km Individual C	World Championships[1]	1st
7		28 February 1987	Lahti, Finland	5 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
8		7 March 1987	Falun, Sweden	30 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
9		15 March 1987	Kavgolovo, Soviet Union	10 km Individual C	World Cup	1st
10	1987–88	14 February 1988	Calgary, Canada	10 km Individual C	Olympic Games[1]	3rd
11		17 February 1988		5 km Individual C	Olympic Games[1]	1st
12		12 March 1988	Falun, Sweden	5 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
13		17 March 1988	Oslo, Norway	30 km Individual C	World Cup	1st
14	1988–89	17 February 1989	Lahti, Finland	10 km Individual C	World Championships[1]	3rd
15		19 February 1989		10 km Individual F	World Championships[1]	2nd
16		21 February 1989		15 km Individual C	World Championships[1]	1st
17		25 February 1989		30 km Individual F	World Championships[1]	3rd

Team podiums

• 1 victory
• 8 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammates
1	1983–84	15 February 1984	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia	4 × 5 km Relay	Olympic Games[1]	3rd	Määttä / Hyytiäinen / Hämäläinen
2	1984–85	10 March 1985	Falun, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay	World Cup	3rd	Määttä / Hyytiäinen / Hämäläinen
3	1985–86	1 March 1986	Lahti, Finland	4 × 5 km Relay C	World Cup	3rd	Määttä / Hyytiäinen / Savolainen
4	1986–87	1 March 1987	Lahti, Finland	4 × 5 km Relay C	World Cup	3rd	Pyykkönen / Määttä / Savolainen
5		19 March 1987	Oslo, Norway	4 × 5 km Relay C	World Cup	2nd	Hyytiäinen / Määttä / Pyykkönen
6	1987–88	21 February 1988	Calgary, Canada	4 × 5 km Relay F	Olympic Games[1]	3rd	Määttä / Kirvesniemi / Savolainen
7		13 March 1988	Falun, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C	World Cup	2nd	Kirvesniemi / Hyytiäinen / Määttä
8	1988–89	23 February 1989	Lahti, Finland	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Championships[1]	1st	Määttä / Kirvesniemi / Savolainen

Note: ¹ Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.