Riitta Karjalainen
Encyclopedia
Riitta Karjalainen is a Finnish orienteering
and ski-orienteering
competitor.
She won a silver medal in the relay at the 1992 World Ski Orienteering Championships
in France, together with Mirja Ojanen
and Virpi Juutilainen
. She finished second overall in the World Cup in Ski Orienteering
in 1993.
Orienteering
Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they...
and ski-orienteering
Ski-orienteering
Ski orienteering is a cross-country skiing endurance winter racing sport and one of the four orienteering disciplines recognized by the IOF...
competitor.
She won a silver medal in the relay at the 1992 World Ski Orienteering Championships
World Ski Orienteering Championships
The World Ski Orienteering Championships is the official event to award the titles of World Champions in ski orienteering. The World Championships is organized every odd year. The programme includes Sprint, Middle and Long Distance competitions, and a Relay for both men and women...
in France, together with Mirja Ojanen
Mirja Ojanen
Mirja Ojanen is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor. She won a silver medal in the long distance at the 1992 World Ski Orienteering Championships, and a silver medal in the relay with the Finnish team.-See also:Finnish orienteers...
and Virpi Juutilainen
Virpi Juutilainen
Virpi Juutilainen is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor and world champion.She received an individual gold medal in the long distance at the 1988 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Kuopio, and a gold medal in the short course in Val di Non in 1994...
. She finished second overall in the World Cup in Ski Orienteering
World Cup in Ski Orienteering
The World Cup in Ski Orienteering is a series of ski-orienteering competitions organized by the International Orienteering Federation. The first official World Cup was held in 1989, then every second year up to 1999, and then in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, and 2007-2008.-Women:-Men:-See...
in 1993.