Liisa Veijalainen

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Liisa Veijalainen
Medal record
Women's orienteering
Representing  Finland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1972 Jicin Relay
Gold medal – first place 1976 Aviemore Individual distance
Gold medal – first place 1978 Kongsberg Relay
Gold medal – first place 1979 Tampere Relay
Silver medal – second place 1976 Aviemore Relay
Silver medal – second place 1978 Kongsberg Individual distance
Silver medal – second place 1979 Tampere Individual distance
Silver medal – second place 1981 Thun Relay

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

Selected works[]

  • Rastilta rastille. Espoo: Weilin; Göös. 1980. ISBN 9789513522452. OCLC 17027183.[5] Autobiography. Swedish edition: Från skärm till skärm. Afterword by Seppo Veijalainen: Med tränarens ögon (pp. 93–122). Kaarina: Juoksija. 1981. ISBN 9789519934075. OCLC 57873495.CS1 maint: others (link)[6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 2011-02-22 at WebCite (Retrieved on November 19, 2007)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "World Orienteering Championships 1976". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "World Orienteering Championships 1978". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  4. ^ "World Orienteering Championships 1972". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Rastilta rastille". worldcat.org. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Från skärm till skärm". worldcat.org. Retrieved 15 April 2021.


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