Eevi Huttunen

Eevi Huttunen (married name Pirinen, 23 August 1922 – 3 December 2015), was a speed skater from Finland. She was born in Karttula.

Eevi Huttunen

Personal information
Born	(1922-08-23)23 August 1922 Karttula, Finland
Died	3 December 2015(2015-12-03) (aged 93)
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	55.8 kg (123 lb; 8.79 st)
Sport
Country	Finland
Sport	Speed skating
Medal record Representing Finland Women's speed skating Olympic Games 1960 Squaw Valley 3000 m World Championships 1951 Eskilstuna Allround 1951 Eskilstuna 3000 m 1951 Eskilstuna 1000 m 1951 Eskilstuna 5000 m 1953 Lillehammer 5000 m 1954 Ōstersund 5000 m 1957 Imatra 3000 m 1959 Sverdlovsk 3000 m 1948 Turku 5000 m 1951 Eskilstuna 500 m 1952 Kokkola 5000 m 1955 Kuopio 3000 m 1955 Kuopio 5000 m 1948 Turku 3000 m 1952 Kokkola 3000 m 1953 Lillehammer 3000 m 1960 Ōstersund 3000 m

For a decade she was almost the only female skater able to compete against the Soviet ladies on the longer distances, Huttunen made a comeback specially for the 1960 Winter Olympics (the first where women speed skaters were allowed to compete), where she won the bronze on the 3000 m. She competed in eleven World Allround Championships which was till 1960 the only international speed skating event for women, from 1948 to 1960 (every year except 1956 and 1958), winning the 1951 event and being on many occasions the best non-soviet skater, certainly in the longer distances.

Medals

An overview of medals won by Huttunen at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:

Data from

Championships
Gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
World Allround	1951
Finnish Allround	1946 1947 1948 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1957 1959 1960	1941 1943 1944 1945 1949

Personal records

Personal records Distance Time Place Date 500 m 48.2 Pieksämäki 8 Mar 1957 1,000 m 1:37.2 Squaw Valley 22 Feb 1960 1,500 m 2:35.1 Squaw Valley 21 Feb 1960 3,000 m 5:18.8 Pieksämäki 8 Mar 1957 5,000 m 9:06.1 Lillehammer 22 Feb 1953 Mini combination 209.000 Sverdlovsk 28 Feb/1 Mar 1959 Old combination 210.293 Lillehammer 21/22 Feb 1953

Best times in Finland Distance Time Place Date 500 m 48.2 Pieksämäki 8 Mar 1957 1,000 m 1:41.8 Imatra 10 Feb 1957 1,500 m 2:39.6 Rovaniemi 17 Mar 1957 3,000 m 5:18.8 Pieksämäki 8 Mar 1957 5,000 m 9:28.9 Rovaniemi 20 Mar 1954 Mini combination 210.333 Rovaniemi 16/17 Mar 1957 Old combination 216.177 Kuopio 12/13 Feb 1955

References

Bibliography

• Eng, Trond. All Time International Championships, Complete Results 1889 - 2002. Askim, Norway: WSSSA Skøytenytt, 2002.
• Eng, Trond. Finland - Suomi: Speedskating as at 2009. Part 1: History/Records/Championships men junior. Askim, Norway: WSSSA Skøytenytt, 2009.
• Eng, Trond. Finland - Suomi: Speedskating as at 2009. Part 3: Championships ladies/Alltime lists ladies distances. Askim, Norway: WSSSA Skøytenytt, 2009.
• Teigen, Magne. Komplette resultater, Internasjonale Mesterskap 1889-1989 (in Norwegian). Veggli, Norway: WSSSA Skøytenytt, 1989.

External links

• Eevi Huttunen on www.fanbase.com
• Eevi Huttunen's obituary (in Finnish)
• Eevi Huttunen at Olympedia (archive)
• Eevi Huttunen at Olympics.com