Riitta-Liisa Roponen

Riitta-Liisa Roponen (née Lassila, born 6 May 1978) is a Finnish cross-country skier who has competed since 1998.

Career She won a bronze in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Roponen also won two team sprint medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 2007 (with Virpi Kuitunen) and a silver in 2005 (with Pirjo Manninen). Roponen also earned two more gold medals in the 4 × 5 km relay, earning them in 2007 and 2009.

Roponen's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics is sixth in the 10 km freestyle at Vancouver in 2010. She has three individual victories since 2006.

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 mass start Pursuit 30 km Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2002 23 — 19 — — 36 7 2006 27 35 13 23 — 7 — 2010 31 6 15 — — Bronze 8 2014 35 — — 26 — — — 2018 39 20 — — — 4 —

World Championships 7 medals – (3 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze) Year Age 10 km individual 15 km classical Pursuit 30 km Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2003 24 — — 41 35 — — 2005 26 12 8 — — 5 Silver 2007 28 7 5 — — Gold Gold 2009 30 — 23 6 14 Gold — 2011 32 18 14 15 — Bronze — 2013 34 8 16 — — 5 — 2015 36 19 8 18 — Bronze — 2019 40 — — 22 — 6 — 2021 42 10 — — — Bronze —

World Cup Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintNordicOpeningTour deSkiWorld CupFinalSki TourCanada 1999 20 — 2000 21 — 2002 23 35 2003 24 55 — 2005 26 16 14 45 2006 27 37 28 45 2007 28 6 6 20 13 2008 29 13 11 20 10 10 2009 30 11 11 18 11 10 2010 31 7 5 40 6 5 2011 32 14 9 50 13 11 — 2012 33 15 12 55 17 11 11 2013 34 18 16 68 21 8 — 2014 35 33 20 41 16 — 2015 36 41 21 39 — 2016 37 31 25 20 — — 2017 38 57 34 — — — — 2018 39 61 41 36 — — 2019 40 66 46 — ——— 2021 42 77 50 39— 2022 43 96 65 2024 45 135 108

Individual podiums 2 victories – (1 , 1 ) 8 podiums – (6 , 2 )

Team podiums 3 victories – (3 ) 22 podiums – (20 , 2 )