Marjatta Kajosmaa

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Marjatta Kajosmaa
Medal record
Women's cross country skiing
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1972 Sapporo 5 km
Silver medal – second place 1972 Sapporo 3 x 5 km
Silver medal – second place 1976 Innsbruck 4 x 5 km
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Sapporo 10 km
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1970 Vysoké Tatry 10 km
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Vysoké Tatry 3 x 5 km

Marjatta Kajosmaa (born 3 February 1938 in Vehkalahti) is a Finnish former cross country skier who competed during the 1970s. She competed in two Winter Olympics, earning a total of four medals. Kajosmaa also competed several times at the Holmenkollen ski festival, winning four times at 10 km (1969, 1971-1973) and three times at 5 km (1969, 1972-1973). Additionally, she won two medals at the 1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in the 10 km, and a bronze in 3 x 5 km.

For her successes in Nordic skiing and at the Holmenkollen, Kajosmaa received the Holmenkollen medal in 1971 (Shared with Berit Mørdre Lammedal and Reidar Hjermstad.). She was the first Finnish woman to ever win the Holmenkollen medal.

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