Aino-Kaisa Saarinen

Born

1 February 1979 (age 38)
Hollola, Finland

Height

1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)

Ski club

Lempäälän Kisa

World Cup career

Seasons

1998–

Individual wins

Indiv. podiums

Medal record

Olympic Games
	2014 Sochi	4 x 5 km relay
	2014 Sochi	Team sprint
	2006 Turin	Team sprint
	2010 Vancouver	30 km classical
	2010 Vancouver	4 x 5 km relay
World Championships
	2007 Sapporo	4 x 5 km relay
	2009 Liberec	10 km
	2009 Liberec	Team sprint
	2009 Liberec	4 x 5 km relay
	2011 Holmenkollen	Team sprint
	2009 Liberec	15 km pursuit
	2011 Holmenkollen	10 km
	2011 Holmenkollen	4 x 5 km relay
	2015 Falun	4 x 5 km relay
	2017 Lahti	4 x 5 km relay

Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (born 1 February 1979) is a Finnish cross country skier who has competed since 1998.

Competing in two Winter Olympics, she won three bronze medals with one in 2006 (Team sprint) and two in 2010 (30 km, 4 x 5 km).

Saarinen also won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with four golds (Team sprint: 2009, 10 km: 2009, 4 x 5 km: 2007, 2009) and two bronzes (7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit: 2009, 10 km: 2011). She has six individual victories in FIS races since 2002, but did not win her first World Cup event until she won the 30 km classical event at the Holmenkollen ski festival on March 17, 2007.

Saarinen finished second in the 2008/2009 Tour De Ski behind Virpi Kuitunen.

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