Riikka HONKANEN

Finland

Alpine Skiing

Date of Birth: 17 Jul 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Place of birth: KLAUKKALA

Birth Country:

Finland

Residence: NURMIJARVI

Residence Country:

Finland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Alpine Skiing	Women's Giant Slalom	DNF
	Women's Slalom	37

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Technical	Women's Giant Slalom Run 1	Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Technical	Women's Slalom Run 1	Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Technical	Women's Slalom Run 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Youth Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
3	Team	2016	Lillehammer, NOR
7	Slalom	2016	Lillehammer, NOR	00:01:46.780
11	Giant Slalom	2016	Lillehammer, NOR	00:02:36.790

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
9	Team Parallel Mixed	2021	Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA
9	Team Parallel Mixed	2019	Are, SWE
29	Giant Slalom Ladies	2019	Are, SWE	2:07.47
34	Giant Slalom Ladies	2017	St. Moritz, SUI	2:11.60

World Cup Rankings
Season	All	Slalom	Giant Slalom
2021/2022	120	53
2018/2019	137		60

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Parallel
2021/2022	1 x 28th	1 x 52nd
2020/2021			1 x 42nd
2018/2019		1 x 30th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
28	Slalom	2021/2022	Levi, FIN	1:49.27
52	Giant Slalom	2021/2022	Courchevel, FRA

Hobbies:

Weightlifting, dance, orienteering, and knitting. (atomic.com; ski.fi)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Studying engineering. (Instagram)

Languages spoken:

Finnish

Club name:

Slalom-Seura

Other sports:

Was very active in a multitude of sports as a child and into her teen years before focusing on Alpine ski racing. Is a national junior champion in weightlifting. (atomic.com, ski.fi)

Debut:

2014 FIS event in Pyha (Giant slalom - 6th)
2016 World Cup in Maribor (Giant slalom - DNQ1)

Start:

Began Alpine skiing around the age of four when her father took her to the slopes. (nurmijarvenuutiset.fi, 25 Jan 2022)

Memorable:

Career best World Cup at Levi in November 2021, finishing 28th.

Philosophy:

"Try to do your best - it's enough." (ski.fi)

Milestones

Competed in three World Championships (2017-21) with best individual finish 29th in giant slalom at Are in 2019. Was 34th in giant slalom in 2017 at St. Moritz.

Won bronze with Finland in the parallel team event at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games and was seventh in slalom and 11th in giant slalom.

Competed in five Junior World Championships (2015-19) winning silver in giant slalom at Sochi in 2016 and bronze in giant slalom in 2018 at Davos. In 2017 at Are she was fourth in giant slalom and fifth in slalom.

Had a career-best World Cup finishing 28th in slalom at Levi in November 2021.

Scored six Far East Cup podiums in South Korea, including one victory, in February 2020.

Social Media

Athlete Blog: http://riikkahonkanen.blogspot.com/
https://www.instagram.com/riikkahonkanen/
Team Website: https://www.ski.fi/urheilijat/riikka-honkanen/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
DNF:: Did Not Finish

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