| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Finland | ||
| Women's speed skating | ||
| World Championships | ||
 | 1939 Tampere | Allround |
Liisa Salmi (1 October 1914 - 30 August 2001 [1] ) was a Finnish speed skater. She won a silver medal at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women in 1939 in Tampere, behind Verne Lesche. [2]
The University of Tampere (UTA) was a public university in Tampere, Finland that was merged with Tampere University of Technology to create the new Tampere University on 1 January 2019.
Tour skating is recreational long distance ice skating on natural ice. It is particularly popular in the Netherlands and the Nordic countries. It is becoming more popular in areas of North America such as New England, Southcentral Alaska, and Nova Scotia.
Verné Lesche, married Vanberg was a speed skater from Finland who twice won the World Allround Championships. Lesche was born in Helsinki, Finland, and already skated a world record in 1933 when she was only 15 years old. Her successes continued and she won the world title for the first time in 1939, when Tampere hosted the World Allround Championships. She won it for the second time in Drammen in 1947, making her the only speed skater in history to have won a medal at the World Allround Championships both before and after World War II. At those 1947 World Championships, Lesche won all four distances and the difference in samalog points with the silver medallist, Norwegian skater Else Marie Christiansen, was 20.923 points – the largest difference in history between numbers one and two at an international championship. Of this 20.923 point difference, 6.983 points were the difference between Lesche and Christiansen on the 3,000 m, while Lesche recorded a 9.690 point difference over Christiansen on the 5,000 m by skating that distance 1 minute and 36.9 seconds faster than the Norwegian.
The Tampere Workers' Theatre or the TTT-Theatre is one of the two main active theatres in Kaakinmaa, Tampere, Finland, along with the Tampere Theatre.
Janne Juhani Salmi is a Finnish orienteering competitor and world champion. He won the short distance at the 1997 World Orienteering Championships, and a gold medal in the relay at the 2001 World Orienteering Championships. He won a total of three individual world championship medals and four relay medals, and won the Jukola relay three times with the club Turun Suunnistajat.
Liisa Anttila is a Finnish orienteering and ski-orienteering champion.
The Finnish Orienteering Federation is the governing body for the sport of orienteering in Finland. The federation was founded in 1945 and has approximately 60,000 members.
The Tampere Hall is the largest congress centre in the Nordic countries, located in the southern edge of Sorsapuisto, in the centre of Tampere, Finland. It was inaugurated on September 29, 1990. Opposite of the Tampere Hall is the main building of the University of Tampere, and the Tampere railway station is only half a kilometre away. The seating capacity of the main auditorium is 1,756.
Estonia competed at the XXI Olympic Winter Games in 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. These games are the eighth Winter Olympics games for Estonia.
Koovee is a Finnish sport club based in Tampere. It was founded at 1929 and soon expanded to many different kinds of sports. The full name of the club used to be Tampereen Kilpa-Veljet Ry (TK-V), but it was first changed to KOO-VEE ry and in 2010 to the form Koovee Ry. Koovee is one of the biggest sport clubs in Finland.
Veikko Olavi "Vexi" Salmi was a Finnish lyricist. He wrote the lyrics to numerous popular songs for several prominent artists, including Irwin Goodman, Jari Sillanpää, and Katri Helena. His career as a lyricist began in the 1960s, and continued until his death. During his prolific career, he wrote the lyrics for over 4,000 songs, more than 2,400 of which have been recorded. In addition to song lyrics, he authored several novels and one collection of poetry. Salmi's latest work also included collaborating with Ilkka Lipsanen on a 60th anniversary album, and he also acted as a judge on a television program on music lyrics, Biisikärpänen
Liisa is a Finnish and Estonian female given name. Its name day is 19 November in both countries. It originated as a variation of the name Lisa or Alisa. As of January 2013, there are more than 100,000 women registered in Finland with this name. It is listed by the Finnish Population Register Centre as one of the top 10 most popular female given names ever. As of 1 January 2020, 1,114 women in Estonia have the first name Liisa, making it the 169th most popular female name in the country. The name is most commonly found in Saare County.
Laura Tamminen was a Finnish speed skater. She won a bronze medal at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women in 1939 in Tampere, behind Verné Lesche and Liisa Salmi.
Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song "Huilumies", composed by Aarno Raninen, with lyrics by Vexi Salmi, and performed by Vesa-Matti Loiri. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.
The 2017 Tampere Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 36th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Tampere, Finland, on 24–30 July 2017.
Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka is a Finnish speed skater. She competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics and the 1968 Winter Olympics.
The 2018 Tampere Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 37th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Tampere, Finland, on 23–29 July 2018.
Liisa Rantalaiho is a Finnish sociologist, fandom activist, and professor emerita in the fields of sociology of health and gender studies. She writes and performs filk songs.
Finland competed at the 1984 Winter Paralympics held in Innsbruck, Austria. Thirty competitors from Finland won 34 medals, including 19 gold, 9 silver and 6 bronze medals. Finland finished 2nd in the medal table.
Näsilinna is a neo-baroque palace on Näsikallio in Tampere, Finland. It was built by Peter von Nottbeck, son of Wilhelm von Nottbeck, a St. Petersburg-based industrial manager of Finlayson. The original name of the palace, completed in 1898, was Milavida. The building was designed by architect Karl August Wrede. The true meaning and history of the name Milavida is unknown.
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