Sinikka Kukkonen

Sinikka Kukkonen was a Finnish orienteering competitor who won world titles in both foot orienteering and ski orienteering. She became the first world champion in ski orienteering at the inaugural world championships in Hyvinkää in 1975, finishing 46 seconds ahead of Agneta Månsson of Sweden, and she added relay golds in 1975, 1977 and 1980 and a relay silver in 1982. In foot orienteering she was a member of the Finnish team that won the relay at the 1972 World Orienteering Championships, and she took relay silver in 1976. She competed at the world championships between 1970 and 1978 and died in 2016.