Harri Kirvesniemi
Chronology
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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