Harri Kirvesniemi Biography - King And Queen Of Finnish Skiing, The Doping Scandal, The End Of A Great Career - CONTACT INFORMATION

Finnish cross-country skier

Harri Kirvesniemi

Harri Kirvesniemi and his wife, Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen, were the best cross-country skiers in Finland for many years. Hämäläinen was the more successful of the pair in terms of first-place finishes, but both consistently finished in the top five in international events for about twenty years. Hämäläinen retired in the mid-1990s, still a Finnish hero, but the end of Kirvesniemi's career was marred when he was caught up in a doping scandal involving several members of the Finnish national team in 2001.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Address: Suksitie 50, FIN-56800 Simpele, Finland.