Eevi Huttunen

Eevi Huttunen (married name Pirinen; 23 August 1922 – 3 December 2015), was a speed skater from Finland. She was born in Karttula.

For a decade she was almost the only female skater able to compete against the Soviet ladies on the longer distances, Huttunen made a comeback specially for the 1960 Winter Olympics (the first where women speed skaters were allowed to compete), where she won the bronze on the 3000 m. She competed in eleven World Allround Championships which was till 1960 the only international speed skating event for women, from 1948 to 1960 (every year except 1956 and 1958), winning the 1951 event and being on many occasions the best non-soviet skater, certainly in the longer distances.

Medals An overview of medals won by Huttunen at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:

Championships+Data from Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal World Allround 1951 Finnish Allround 1946 1947 1948 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1957 1959 1960 1941 1943 1944 1945 1949

Personal records + Personal records Distance Time Place Date 500 m 48.2 Pieksämäki 8 Mar 1957 1,000 m 1:37.2 Squaw Valley 22 Feb 1960 1,500 m 2:35.1 Squaw Valley 21 Feb 1960 3,000 m 5:18.8 Pieksämäki 8 Mar 1957 5,000 m 9:06.1 Lillehammer 22 Feb 1953 Minicombination 209.000 Sverdlovsk 28 Feb/1 Mar 1959 Oldcombination 210.293 Lillehammer 21/22 Feb 1953+ Best times in Finland Distance Time Place Date 500 m 48.2 Pieksämäki 8 Mar 1957 1,000 m 1:41.8 Imatra 10 Feb 1957 1,500 m 2:39.6 Rovaniemi 17 Mar 1957 3,000 m 5:18.8 Pieksämäki 8 Mar 1957 5,000 m 9:28.9 Rovaniemi 20 Mar 1954 Minicombination 210.333 Rovaniemi 16/17 Mar 1957 Oldcombination 216.177 Kuopio 12/13 Feb 1955