Maija Järvelä
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| Native name | Maija Loytynoja | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Finnish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | January 17, 1984 Raahe, Finland | ||||||||||||||
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| Disability class | LW6/8 | ||||||||||||||
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Maija Järvelä also commonly known as Maija Loytynoja (born 17 January 1984) is a Finnish female biathlete and cross-country skier.[1] She represented Finland at the Paralympics in 2006, 2010 and 2014.[2] Järvelä won a silver medal in the women's pursuit standing biathlon event at the 2010 Winter Paralympics, the first medal won by Finland at the 2010 games.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ "Maija Jarvela". m.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
- ^ "Maija JARVELA | Biathlon, Cross-Country Skiing | Finland - Sochi 2014 Paralympic winter Games". sochi2014.arch.articul.ru. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
- ^ "Suomen ensimmäinen mitali lähellä paralympialaisissa". Yle. October 3, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ^ "First Paralympics medal for Finland". Yle Uutiset. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
- ^ "Jarvela aiming to inspire next generation". m.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2018-02-12.