Hilkka Riihivuori

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Medal record
Women's cross country skiing
Olympic Games
Silver	1972 Sapporo	3 x 5 km
Silver	1976 Innsbruck	4 x 5 km
Silver	1976 Innsbruck	5 km
Silver	1980 Lake Placid	10 km
World Championships
Gold	1978 Lahti	4 x 5 km
Silver	1978 Lahti	5 km
Silver	1982 Oslo	5 km
Silver	1982 Lahti	10 km
Bronze	1978 Lahti	10 km

Hilkka Riihivuori nèe Kuntola (born December 24, 1952 in Jurva). was a former Finnish cross country skier who competed during the 1970s and 1980s. She competed in three Winter Olympics, earning a total of four medals. Riihivuori also competed several times at the Holmenkollen ski festival, winning twice at 10 km (1974, 1980) and once at 5 km (1977).

Riihivuori's biggest success was at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where she won 2 medals in 10 km (silver: 1982, bronze: 1978), a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km (1978), and two silver medals in 5 km (1978, 1982).

For her successes in Nordic skiing World Championships and at the Holmenkollen, Riihivuori received the Holmenkollen medal in 1977 (Shared with Helena Takalo and Walter Steiner.).

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World champions in women's 4 x 5 km relay

(As 3 x 5 km) 1954 Soviet Union Ljubov Kozyreva, Margarita Maslennikova, & Valentina Tsareva
1958 Soviet Union Radia Yeroshina, Alevtina Kolchina, & Ljubov Kozyreva
1962 Soviet Union Ljubov Kozyreva, Maria Gusakova, & Alevtina Kolchina
1966 Soviet Union Klavdija Bojarskikh, Rita Achkina, & Alevtina Kolchina
1970 Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva, Galina Kulakova, & Alevtina Olyunina
(As 4 x 5 km) 1974 Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva, Nina Selyunina, Raisa Smetanina, & Galina Kulakova
1978 Finland Taina Impiö, Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen, Hilkka Riihivuori, & Helena Takalo
1982 Norway Anette Bøe, Inger Helene Nybråten, Berit Aunli, & Brit Pettersen
1985 Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova, Raisa Smetanina, Liliya Vassilchenko, & Anfisa Romanova
1987 Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova, Nina Gavrilyuk, Larisa Ptistyna, & Anfisa Reztsova
1989 Finland Pirkko Määttä, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Jaana Savolainen, & Marjo Matikainen
1991 Soviet Union Lyubov Yegorova, Raisa Smetanina, Tamara Tikhonova, & Yelena Välbe
1993 Russia Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk, & Lyubov Yegorova
1995 Russia Olga Danilova, Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina, & Nina Gavrilyuk
1997 Russia Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk, & Yelena Välbe
1999 Russia Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Anfisa Reztsova, & Nina Gavrilyuk
2001 Russia Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Julija Tchepalova, & Nina Gavrilyuk
2003 Germany Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel, & Evi Sachenbacher
2005 Norway Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Kristin Størmer Steira, & Marit Bjørgen

Preceded by: Ulrich Wehling	Holmenkollen medal with Helena Takalo & Walter Steiner 1977	Succeeded by: Ingemar Stenmark, Erik Håker, & Raisa Smetanina