Name Pirjo Muranen Education University of Oulu Weight 63 kg | Height 1.74 m Role Cross-country skier Siblings Hannu Manninen | |
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Olympic medals Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay Similar People Virpi Sarasvuo, Aino‑Kaisa Saarinen, Riitta‑Liisa Roponen, Hannu Manninen, Claudia Nystad | ||
2009 Lahti Ladies 1.35 KM Free Sprint Final
Pirjo Muranen (née Manninen, born March 8, 1981 in Rovaniemi) is a retired Finnish cross-country skier. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Muranen won five medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three golds (Individual sprint: 2001, 4 x 5 km: 2007, 2009), a silver (Team sprint: 2005, with Riitta-Liisa Lassila), and a bronze (Individual sprint: 2009). She married on 30 June 2007; previously known by her maiden name of Pirjo Manninen.
Muranen also has sixteen additional victories up to 15 km from 2000 to 2002. She is the younger sister of Nordic combined skier Hannu. At the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo, they became the first brother-sister combination to win gold medals at the same championships.
Muranen retired from the sport in April 2011. She has then worked as a cross-country skiing pundit and studio commentator for Finland's national public-broadcasting company Yle.