Tanja Poutiainen

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Tanja Poutiainen
Tanja Poutiainen Semmering 2010.jpg
Poutiainen in 2010
Personal information
Full nameTanja Tuulia Poutiainen
Born (1980-04-06) 6 April 1980 (age 44)
Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Giant slalom, slalom
ClubSanta Claus Ski Team
World Cup debut16 March 1997 (age 16)
Retired16 March 2014 (age 33)
Website tanjapoutiainen.com
Olympics
Teams5 – (1998–2014)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams9 – (1997–2013)
Medals4 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons16 – (1998–99, 2001–14)
Wins11 – (6 SL, 5 GS)
Podiums48 – (28 SL, 20 GS)
Overall titles0 – (5th in 2005, 2009)
Discipline titles3 – (2 GS, 1 SL)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
International alpine ski competitions
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 010
World Championships 022
Total032
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Torino Giant slalom
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Bormio Giant slalom
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Bormio Slalom
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Val d'Isère Giant slalom
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Val d'Isere Slalom
Junior World Ski Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1997 SchladmingSlalom
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1997 SchladmingSuper-G
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1999 Pra-LoupGiant slalom

Tanja Tuulia Poutiainen (born 6 April 1980) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Finland. She specialized in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, and was the silver medalist in the women's giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino. [1]

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Born in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Poutiainen started skiing at the age of three. [2] She became junior world champion in slalom in 1997 at Schladming, Austria, and also took bronze in the super-G; she made her World Cup debut that March at Vail in the United States. At the 1999 Junior World Championships, she placed third in the giant slalom at Pra-Loup, France.

Poutiainen scored her first World Cup victory – and the first for a female Finnish alpine skier – on 28 February 2004 in a slalom held on home snow in Levi, Finland – the first alpine World Cup race to be held in the country. [2] In the 2005 World Cup season, Poutiainen won the season titles in both the slalom and giant slalom, and placed fifth in the overall standings. Along the way she won three slaloms, a giant slalom and secured ten podium finishes. [2] At the 2005 World Championships, she placed second in the giant slalom behind Anja Pärson of Sweden and second in the slalom behind Janica Kostelić of Croatia – the first alpine World Championship medals for a Finnish female. [2]

The 2009 season saw Poutianen take another World Cup discipline title, in giant slalom, as well as bronzes in slalom and giant slalom at the World Championships in Val d'Isère. [2]

Poutiainen was notable for her consistency, and between January 2007 and March 2011 she successfully completed every World Cup race she entered – a total of 67. [2]

At the end of the 2014 season, Poutiainen had 11 World Cup victories, 48 podiums, and three World Cup discipline titles. [3] She was trained by Michael Bont and lives in St. Gallen, Switzerland. She announced her retirement in March 2014. [3]

World Cup results

Season titles

SeasonDiscipline
2005 Giant slalom
Slalom
2009 Giant slalom

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom		Super-GDownhillCombined
1998 17735028———
1999 1895—41———
2000 19
2001 20201212———
2002 2112710———
2003 2211314———
2004 23945———
2005 2451148——
2006 251258——26
2007 26762——22
2008 27844———
2009 28541———
2010 291195———
2011 30723———
2012 3113613———
2013 3213522———
2014 33542623———

Race victories

11 wins – (5 giant slalom, 6 slalom)

SeasonDateLocationDiscipline
2004 24 Feb 2004 Flag of Finland.svg Levi, Finland Slalom
2005 26 Nov 2004 Flag of the United States.svg Aspen, USA Giant slalom
28 Nov 2004Slalom
21 Dec 2004 Flag of Austria.svg Altenmarkt, AustriaSlalom
20 Jan 2005 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom
2007 10 Mar 2007 Flag of Germany.svg Zwiesel, GermanyGiant slalom
2008 15 Feb 2008 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom
2009 13 Dec 2008 Flag of Spain.svg La Molina, SpainGiant slalom
2010 24 Oct 2009 Flag of Austria.svg Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom
24 Jan 2010 Flag of Italy.svg Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyGiant slalom
2011 11 Jan 2011 Flag of Austria.svg Flachau, AustriaSlalom

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
1997 1617DNF2———
1999 182414———
2001 20DNF213———
2003 221023———
2005 2422———
2007 26 14 14 — — —
2009 28 3 3 — — —
2011 30 6 13 — — —
2013 32 4 15 — — —

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
1998 17 18 26 — — —
2002 21 DNF2 11 — — —
2006 25 6 2 — — —
2010 29 6 13 — — —
2014 33 12 14 — — —

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References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tanja Poutiainen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Alpine Skiing – Athlete: Tanja Poutiainen". Fédération Internationale de Ski . Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Poutiainen to retire at end of season". Fédération Internationale de Ski . 11 March 2014. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
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