Tanja Kari
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.
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Jouko Grip
Ulla Renvall
Annemie Schneider
Connie Hansen
Claudia Hengst
Peter Homann
André Viger
Kevin McIntosh
Tanja Kari
Chris Waddell
Rolf Hettich
Louise Sauvage
Roberto Marson
Trischa Zorn
Frank Ponta
Chris Holmes
Junichi Kawai
Chantal Petitclerc
Franz Nietlispach
Neroli Fairhall
Martin Morse
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