Kerttu Niskanen

Kerttu Elina Niskanen, born on 13 June 1988, is a Finnish cross-country skier and a five-time Olympic medalist. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi she won two silver medals for Finland, in the 4 x 5 km relay and in the team sprint. At the 2022 Games in Beijing she took silver in the 10 km classical, losing the gold to Therese Johaug of Norway by only 0.4 seconds, and later won bronze in the 30 km freestyle by overtaking Ebba Andersson of Sweden in the final kilometre. She also has two relay bronze medals from the World Championships of 2015 and 2017, and her younger brother Iivo Niskanen is a three time Olympic champion in the same sport.