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| Helena Takalo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Helena Takalo in March, 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Anni Helena Takalo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 October 1947 (age 77) Nivala, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 1 – (1982) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Starts | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (47th in 1982) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anni Helena Takalo (née Kivioja, born 28 October 1947) is a Finnish former cross-country skier. She was born in Nivala, and was dominant women's cross-country skiing in the 1970s, earning five Winter Olympic medals and four FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medals (golds in 5 km and 4 × 5 km relay (both 1978), and bronzes in 3 × 5 km relay (1970), 10 km (1974), and 20 km (1978).).
Takalo also won the women's 5 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1976. For her cross-country skiing successes, she earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1977 (Shared with Hilkka Riihivuori and Walter Steiner).