Katja Kiiskinen

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Katja Kiiskinen
Curler
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Born (1983-10-10) 10 October 1983 (age 41)
Team
Curling clubHyvinkää CC
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances		3 (2011, 2013, 2015)
European Championship
appearances		5 (2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010)
Other appearances European Mixed Championship: 1 (2010),
European Junior Challenge: 1 (2005)
Medal record
Curling
Finnish Women's Championship [1]
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013

Katja Kiiskinen (born 10 October 1983) is a Finnish curler and curling coach. [2]

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At the national level, she is a two-time Finnish women's champion curler (2003, 2010), three-time Finnish mixed doubles champion curler (2011, 2013, 2015), 2010 Finnish mixed champion curler.

Teams

Women's

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
2002–03 Kirsi Nykänen Tiina Kautonen Sari Laakkonen Minna Malinen Katja Kiiskinen,
Laura Tsutsunen (FWCC)		 ECC 2002 (9th),
FWCC 2003 Gold medal icon.svg
2003–04Katja Kiiskinen Heidi Hossi  ? ?FWCC 2004 (5th)
2004–05Katja KiiskinenHeidi Hossi Tiina Holmi Sanna Puustinen Päivi Salonen FWCC 2005 Silver medal icon.svg
Katja KiiskinenSanna PuustinenHeidi HossiTiina HolmiPäivi Salonen Paavo Kuosmanen EJCC 2005 (4th)
2005–06Katja Kiiskinen (fourth)Päivi Salonen (skip)Tiina HolmiHeidi HossiSanna Puustinen Tuomas Vuori ECC 2005 (10th)
Katja KiiskinenHeidi HossiTiina Holmi Kirsi Nykänen Sanna Puustinen,
Päivi Salonen		FWCC 2006 Silver medal icon.svg
2006–07Katja KiiskinenTiina HolmiHeidi HossiSanna PuustinenPäivi SalonenFWCC 2007 Silver medal icon.svg
2007–08 Anne Malmi Sari Auvinen Katri Määttä Tuire Autio Katja Kiiskinen Jaana Jokela ECC 2007 (10th)
Katja KiiskinenTiina HolmiPäivi Salonen Oona Kauste Sanna Puustinen,
Heidi Hossi		FWCC 2008 Bronze medal icon.svg
2009–10 Ellen Vogt Katja Kiiskinen Riikka Louhivuori Elisa Alatalo Oona Kauste Aku Kauste ECC 2009 (8th)
Ellen Vogt Elisa Westerberg Katja Kiiskinen Hannele Liesmäki Riikka Louhivuori,
Tiina Suuripää 		Aku KausteFWCC 2010 Gold medal icon.svg
2010–11Ellen VogtKatja KiiskinenRiikka LouhivuoriElisa WesterbergTiina Suuripää Toni Sepperi ECC 2010 (9th)
Ellen VogtKatja KiiskinenRiikka Louhivuori Maija Salmiovirta Tiina Suuripää,
Elisa Westerberg		FWCC 2011 Silver medal icon.svg
2011–12Katja KiiskinenElisa Westerberg Milja Sullanmaa Lare Norri Anna Majapuro,
Eeva Haapanen 		FWCC 2012 (4th)
2012–13Katja KiiskinenMilja Sullanmaa Jenni Räsänen Nina Sipilä Hanna Männynväli FWCC 2013 Bronze medal icon.svg
2013–14Katja KiiskinenMilja SullanmaaJenni RäsänenNina SipiläHanna Männynväli,
Tiina Suuripää		FWCC 2014 Silver medal icon.svg
2014–15Milja SullanmaaTiina SuuripääJenni RäsänenHanna Männynväli Jenni Sullanmaa,
Katja Kiiskinen		FWCC 2015 Silver medal icon.svg

Mixed

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateEvents
2006–07 Tomi Rantamäki Kirsi Nykänen Kalle Kiiskinen Tiina Julkunen Katja Kiiskinen,
Jermu Pöllänen 		FMxCC 2007 Silver medal icon.svg
2009–10Tomi RantamäkiKatja Kiiskinen Bettina Mandelin Juha Pekaristo FMxCC 2010 Gold medal icon.svg
2010–11Tomi RantamäkiKatja Kiiskinen Kimmo Ilvonen Marjo Hippi EMxCC 2010 (15th)
Toni Anttila Katja Kiiskinen Tiina Suuripää Kasper Hakunti FMxCC 2011 Bronze medal icon.svg
2011–12Katja Kiiskinen Toni Sepperi Jere Sullanmaa Milja Sullanmaa Arttu Pietilä FMxCC 2012 Silver medal icon.svg
2012–13 Jussi Uusipaavalniemi Jaana Hämäläinen Paavo Kuosmanen Kirsi Kaski Katja KiiskinenFMxCC 2013 (5th)
2013–14Jussi UusipaavalniemiPaavo KuosmanenJaana HämäläinenKatja KiiskinenFMxCC 2014 Silver medal icon.svg
2014–15 Pauli Jäämies Katja Kiiskinen Antti Männynväli Hanna Männynväli FMxCC 2015 Bronze medal icon.svg

Mixed doubles

SeasonMaleFemaleCoachEvents
2007–08 Kalle Kiiskinen Katja Kiiskinen FMDCC 2008 (6th)
2009–10 Paavo Kuosmanen Katja KiiskinenFMDCC 2010 (4th)
2010–11Kalle KiiskinenKatja KiiskinenFMDCC 2011 Gold medal icon.svg
WMDCC 2011 (9th)
2011–12Kalle KiiskinenKatja KiiskinenPaavo KuosmanenFMDCC 2012 Bronze medal icon.svg
2012–13Kalle KiiskinenKatja KiiskinenFMDCC 2013 Gold medal icon.svg
Paavo KuosmanenKatja KiiskinenKalle Kiiskinen WMDCC 2013 (18th)
2013–14Kalle KiiskinenKatja KiiskinenFMDCC 2014 (5th)
2014–15Kalle KiiskinenKatja KiiskinenPaavo Kuosmanen
(WMDCC)		FMDCC 2015 Gold medal icon.svg
WMDCC 2015 (14th)

Record as a coach of national teams

YearTournament, eventNational teamPlace
2006 2006 European Junior Curling Challenge Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (junior women)
Silver medal icon.svg
2007 2007 European Junior Curling Challenge Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (junior women)
5
2009 2009 European Junior Curling Challenge Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (junior women)
5
2014 2014 European Curling Championships Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus (women)
19
2015 2015 European Junior Curling Challenge Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (junior men)
Silver medal icon.svg
2015 Curling at the 2015 Winter Universiade Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (junior men)
10
2019 2019 European Curling Championships Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (women)
16
2020 2020 World Qualification Event Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (women)
6

Personal life

Her brother Kalle Kiiskinen is also a curler and curling coach, he is a silver medallist of 2006 Winter Olympics.

She started curling in 2000 at the age of 17.

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