Marjo Matikainen-Kallström

Marjo Tuulevi Matikainen-Kallström (born 3 February 1965) is a Finnish former politician and cross-country skier.

In the six seasons she competed at a top international level, she won the World Cup three years in a row.

Four years later in Calgary she won bronze on the 10 km race, and in the 5 km sprint won gold after being in second place all race until the last kilometre before coming through to win, 1.3 seconds ahead of Tamara Tikhonova, who had to settle for silver.

Matikainen-Kallström finished her championship career with a fantastic 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships on her home soil in Lahti, where she won the following medals: Matikainen-Kallström also was the first winner of the women's 30 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1988.

She quit competition after these championships at the age of 24 to concentrate on her studies at the Helsinki University of Technology and on politics.