Tanja Poutiainen
| — Alpine skier — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 210px
Poutiainen in 2010
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Giant slalom, slalom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | Santa Claus Ski Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 April 1980 Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 16 March 1997 (age 16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 16 March 2014 (age 33) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | tanjapoutiainen.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 5 – (1998–2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 9 – (1997–2013) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 4 (0 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 16th – (1998–99, 2001–14) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 11 – (6 SL, 5 GS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 48 – (28 SL, 20 GS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (5th in 2005, 2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 3 – (2 GS, 1 SL) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Medal record
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.[1] She became junior world champion in slalom in 1997 at Schladming, Austria, and also took bronze in the super-G; she made her World Cup debut that March at Vail in the United States. At the 1999 Junior World Championships, she placed third in the giant slalom at Pra Loup, France.
Poutiainen scored her first World Cup victory – and the first for a female Finnish alpine skier – on 28 February 2004 in a slalom held on home snow in Levi, Finland – the first alpine World Cup race to be held in the country.[1] In the 2005 World Cup season, Poutiainen won the season titles in both the slalom and giant slalom, and placed fifth in the overall standings. Along the way she won three slaloms, a giant slalom and secured ten podium finishes.[1] At the 2005 World Championships, she placed second in the giant slalom behind Anja Pärson of Sweden and second in the slalom behind Janica Kostelić of Croatia – the first alpine World Championship medals for a Finnish female.[1]
The 2009 season saw Poutianen take another World Cup discipline title, in giant slalom, as well as bronzes in slalom and giant slalom at the World Championships in Val d'Isère.[1]
Poutiainen was notable for her consistency, and between January 2007 and March 2011 she successfully completed every World Cup race she entered – a total of 67.[1]
At the end of the 2014 season, Poutiainen had 11 World Cup victories, 48 podiums, and three World Cup discipline titles.[2] She was trained by Michael Bont and lives in St. Gallen, Switzerland. She announced her retirement from the sport in March 2014.[2]
Contents
World Cup results
Season titles
| Season | Discipline |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Giant slalom |
| Slalom | |
| 2009 | Giant slalom |
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
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 | 51 | 26 | 23 | – | – | – |
- Standings through 9 March 2014
Race victories
11 wins – (5 giant slalom, 6 slalom)
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 24 Feb 2004 |  Levi, Finland |
Slalom |
| 2005 | 26 Nov 2004 |  Aspen, USA |
Giant slalom |
| 28 Nov 2004 | Slalom | ||
| 21 Dec 2004 |  Altenmarkt, Austria |
Slalom | |
| 20 Jan 2005 |  Zagreb, Croatia |
Slalom | |
| 2007 | 10 Mar 2007 |  Zwiesel, Germany |
Giant slalom |
| 2008 | 15 Feb 2008 | Zagreb, Croatia |
Slalom |
| 2009 | 13 Dec 2008 |  La Molina, Spain |
Giant slalom |
| 2010 | 24 Oct 2009 | Sölden, Austria |
Giant slalom |
| 24 Jan 2010 |  Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
Giant slalom | |
| 2011 | 11 Jan 2011 | Flachau, Austria |
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 | — | — | — |
References
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to [[commons:Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 506: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 506: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).]]. |
- Tanja Poutiainen at the International Ski Federation
- FIS-Ski.com – World Cup season standings – Tanja Poutianen
- Ski-db.com – results – Tanja Poutiainen
- Sports Reference.com – Olympic results – Tanja Poutiainen
- Fischer Skis – Tanja Poutiainen
- Official website
- Tanja Poutiainen on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Use dmy dates from March 2014
- Pages with broken file links
- Commons category link from Wikidata
- Official website not in Wikidata
- 1980 births
- Finnish alpine skiers
- Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Olympic alpine skiers of Finland
- Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
- Olympic silver medalists for Finland
- FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions
- People from Rovaniemi
- Living people
