| 1958 | Born May 10 in Mikkeli, Finland |
| 1977 | Graduates from high school |
| 1977-78 | Spends eleven months in the Finnish army |
| 1978 | Meets future wife, Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen, at a ski camp |
| 1980 | Begins studying for a Master of Sport degree at the University of Yveskyla |
| 1983 | Hämäläinen wins World Cup championship |
| 1984 | Hämäläinen wins three Olympic gold skiing medals |
| 1985 | First daughter, Elisa, born |
| 1994 | Hämäläinen becomes only woman to have competed in six Winter Olympics |
| 2001 | Implicated in Finnish ski team doping scandal |
| 2001 | Retires from competitive skiing |
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