Pirjo Muranen

Pirjo Muranen (née Manninen, born 8 March 1981 in Rovaniemi) is a retired Finnish cross-country skier. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Muranen won five medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three golds (Individual sprint: 2001, 4 × 5 km relay: 2007, 2009), a silver (Team sprint: 2005, with Riitta-Liisa Lassila), and a bronze (Individual sprint: 2009). She married on 30 June 2007; previously known by her maiden name of Pirjo Manninen.

Muranen also has sixteen additional victories up to 15 km from 2000 to 2002. She is the younger sister of Nordic combined skier Hannu. At the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo, they became the first brother-sister combination to win gold medals at the same championships.

Muranen retired from the sport in April 2011. She has then worked as a cross-country skiing pundit and studio commentator for Finland's national public-broadcasting company Yle.

Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games 1 medal – (1 bronze)

Year Age 10 km individual 15 km skiathlon 30 km mass start Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2010 28 — 30 — 21 Bronze —

World Championships 6 medals – (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze) Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2001 19 — — 26 Gold 2003 21 14 — — 18 6 2005 23 50 — — — — Silver 2007 25 — 15 — 7 Gold — 2009 27 7 — 10 Bronze Gold — 2011 29 6 — — 38 Bronze —

a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintNordicOpeningTour deSkiWorld CupFinal 1998 16 — 1999 17 80 — 79 2000 18 22 — 32 6 2001 19 11 2003 21 16 2004 22 32 55 15 2005 23 21 7 2006 24 75 46 2007 25 29 38 25 22 2008 26 14 28 5 15 43 2009 27 7 13 12 6 2010 28 31 37 15 2011 29 34 41 17 —

Individual podiums 5 victories – (5 ) 15 podiums – (14 , 1 )

Team podiums 3 victories – (3 ) 14 podiums – (9 , 5 )