Mirja Hietamies, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Finnish cross-country skier
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Place of Birth: Lemi, Southern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland
About Mirja Hietamies
- Mirja Kyllikki Hietamies-Eteläpää (7 January 1931 – 14 March 2013) was a cross-country skier from Finland who competed at the 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics.
- She won a gold medal in the 3×5 km in 1956 and a silver medal in the individual 10 km race in 1952, placing sixth in 1956.
- She also won two medals at the 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in the 3×5 km relay and a bronze in the 10 km.Hietamies placed second over 10 km at Holmenkollen in 1951.
- Later she won this event at the Finnish championships in 1953 and 1956 and at the Lahti Ski Games in 1954 and 1955.
- In 1955 she was selected as Finland's female athlete of the year.Hietamies retired after the 1956 Olympics and the same year married Olli Eteläpää.
- She later worked as a skiing coach and physical education teacher, and was a board member of the Finnish Skiing Federation in 1965–67.
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