Tanja Kari

Finnish cross-country skier

Tanja Kari (née Tervonen; born 30 August 1971) is a Finnish Paralympic gold medalist in cross-country skiing. She was born in Ii with a withered right hand due to a congenital condition.^[1]^[2] In 2003, she was nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability and in 2010 she was inducted into the Paralympic Hall of Fame.^[3] She was voted Finland's best disabled athlete in 1998 and 2002. In the 2000s, Kari was a member of the WADA Athletes' Committee and the Athletes' Committee of the International Paralympic Committee.^[4]

References

^ "Tanja on Pohjois-Iin ja koko Iin kansainvälisesti menestynein urheilija!". Pohjois-Iin kyläyhdistys [The Village Association of Pohjois-Ii] (in Finnish). 3 December 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
^ Neva, Tapio (13 January 2018). "Onko Leo-Pekka Tähti kaikkien aikojen paras suomalainen vammaisurheilija? Ei välttämättä". Forssan Lehti [fi] (in Finnish). Keskisuomalainen Oyj [fi]. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
^ "Tanja Kari". Paralympic Movement. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012.
^ Hämäläinen, Tuomas (22 December 2019). "20 arvokisakultaa rohmunnut suomalaishuippu haastoi yksikätisenä maajoukkuehiihtäjiä – Kirvesniemien vastaanotto jäi pysyvästi mieleen". MTV Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 6 August 2024.