Elin Pikkuniemi | |
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Born | Vojakkala, Sweden | 15 August 1895
Died | 7 May 1988 Trönö, Sweden | (aged 92)
Elin Eugenia Pikkuniemi, (born 15 August 1895 Vojakkala, Sweden, died 7 May 1988 in Trönö, Sweden), was a Swedish cross-country skier and a primary-school teacher.
She was referred to as the first skiing queen of Sweden. [1] and was part of the Swedish female cross-country skiing elite in the years around 1920. She competed for IFK Haparanda, winning five Swedish national championships between 1918–1922 over a distance of 10 kilometers. [2] During the late 1920s she competed for Järla IF [1] and during the 1930s she competed for Hietaniemi SK.
During the Swedish Sports Confederation's 50th anniversary in 1953, the daily newspaper Svenska Dagbladet held a vote for Sweden's greatest sportspersons, where approximately 500 readers voted, choosing 150 people in total. Amongst them was Elin Pikkuniemi as the only female. [3]
Elin Pikkuniemi | |
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Born | Vojakkala, Sweden | 15 August 1895
Died | 7 May 1988 Trönö, Sweden | (aged 92)
Elin Eugenia Pikkuniemi, (born 15 August 1895 Vojakkala, Sweden, died 7 May 1988 in Trönö, Sweden), was a Swedish cross-country skier and a primary-school teacher.
She was referred to as the first skiing queen of Sweden. [1] and was part of the Swedish female cross-country skiing elite in the years around 1920. She competed for IFK Haparanda, winning five Swedish national championships between 1918–1922 over a distance of 10 kilometers. [2] During the late 1920s she competed for Järla IF [1] and during the 1930s she competed for Hietaniemi SK.
During the Swedish Sports Confederation's 50th anniversary in 1953, the daily newspaper Svenska Dagbladet held a vote for Sweden's greatest sportspersons, where approximately 500 readers voted, choosing 150 people in total. Amongst them was Elin Pikkuniemi as the only female. [3]