Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja

Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja (born February 23, 1982, in Lempäälä, Pirkanmaa) is a Finnish cross-country skier who has competed since 2001. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished eighth in the team sprint, 13th in the 30 km, 21st in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit, and 31st in the 10 km events.

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Sarasoja finished 21st in the individual sprint, 24th in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit, and 25th in the 30 km events.

Her best World Cup finish was sixth in a sprint event in Finland in 2009.

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

Olympic Games Year Age 10 kmindividual 15 kmskiathlon 30 kmmass start Sprint 4 × 5 kmrelay Teamsprint 2010 28 31 21 12 — — 8 2014 32 — — — 36 — —

World Championships 1 medal – (1 bronze) Year Age 10 kmindividual 15 kmskiathlon 30 kmmass start Sprint 4 × 5 kmrelay Teamsprint 2009 27 — 24 24 20 — — 2011 29 — 18 33 27 — — 2013 31 12 — — — 5 3rd 2015 33 — — — — — 10

World Cup + Season Standings Season Age Discipline standings Ski Tour standings Overall Distance Sprint NordicOpening Tour deSki World CupFinal 2002 20 — 2003 21 76 53 2004 22 51 61 29 2005 23 64 39 2006 24 55 30 2007 25 — 2008 26 50 38 45 — 27 2009 27 36 36 27 — 42 2010 28 26 29 27 14 2011 29 26 24 27 21 18 24 2012 30 24 19 24 21 32 2013 31 27 23 30 15 22 2014 32 74 46 48 — 2015 33 56 81 25 42 —

Team podiums

6 podiums – (6 ) No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates 1 2003–04 Otepää, Estonia 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Välimaa / Saarinen / Kuitunen 2 Umeå, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Saarinen / Salonen / Venäläinen 3 2007–08 Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Saarinen / Roponen / Muranen 4 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Kuitunen / Saarinen / Roponen 5 2011–12 Sjusjøen, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Lähteenmäki / Saarinen / Roponen 6 Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Saarinen / Roponen / Lähteenmäki