Pirjo Muranen

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Medal record
Women's cross country skiing
World Championships
Gold	2001 Lahti	Individual sprint
Gold	2007 Sapporo	4 x 5 km
Silver	2005 Oberstdorf	Team sprint

Pirjo Muranen at Tour de Ski in Prague, 2007

Pirjo Muranen (born March 8, 1981) is a Finnish cross country skier who has competed since 1998. She won three medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with two golds (2001: individual sprint, 2007: 4 x 5 km) and a silver (2005: team sprint, with Riitta Liisa Lassila). Muranen married on 30 June 2007; previously she was known by her maiden name of Pirjo Manninen.

Manninen 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 combonation to win gold medals at the same championships.

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FIS-Ski: Pirjo Muranen - statistics
Official website (English) & (Finnish)

v • d • e World champions in women's individual sprint cross country

2001: Pirjo Manninen * 2003: Marit Bjørgen * 2005: Emilie Öhrstig * 2007: Astrid Jacobsen

v • d • e World champions in women's cross country skiing 3/4 x 5 km relay

3 x 5 km	1954 Soviet Union - Lyubov Kozyreva, Margarita Maslennikova & Valentina Tsaryova * 1958 Soviet Union - Radya Yeroshina, Alevtina Kolchina & Lyubov Kozyreva * 1962 Soviet Union - Lyubov Baranova, Maria Gusakova & Alevtina Kolchina * 1966 Soviet Union - Klavdiya Boyarskikh, Rita Achkina & Alevtina Kolchina * 1970 Soviet Union - Nina Baldycheva, Galina Kulakova & Alevtina Olyunina

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 & Britt Pettersen * 1985 Soviet Union - Tamara Tikhonova, Raisa Smetanina, Liliya Vasilchenko & Anfisa Romanova * 1987 Soviet Union - Antonina Ordina, 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, Yuliya Chepalova & Nina Gavrilyuk * 2003 Germany - Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel & Evi Sachenbacher * 2005 Norway - Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Kristin Størmer Steira & Marit Bjørgen * 2007 Finland - Virpi Kuitunen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen & Pirjo Manninen