Tanja Poutiainen

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.

Born in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Poutiainen started skiing at the age of three.

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

World Cup results

Season titles SeasonDiscipline 2005 Giant slalomSlalom2009 Giant slalom

Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1998 17 73 50 28 — — — 1999 18 95 — 41 — — — 2000 19 2001 20 20 12 12 — — — 2002 21 12 7 10 — — — 2003 22 11 3 14 — — — 2004 23 9 4 5 — — — 2005 24 5 1 1 48 — — 2006 25 12 5 8 — — 26 2007 26 7 6 2 — — 22 2008 27 8 4 4 — — — 2009 28 5 4 1 — — — 2010 29 11 9 5 — — — 2011 30 7 2 3 — — — 2012 31 13 6 13 — — — 2013 32 13 5 22 — — — 2014 33 54 26 23 — — —

Race victories 11 wins – (5 giant slalom, 6 slalom)

World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1997 16 17 DNF2 — — — 1999 18 24 14 — — — 2001 20 DNF2 13 — — — 2003 22 10 23 — — — 2005 24 2 2 — — — 2007 26 14 14 — — — 2009 28 3 3 — — — 2011 30 6 13 — — — 2013 32 4 15 — — —

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