Eevi Huttunen

Eevi Huttunen

Personal information
Born	(1922-08-23)23 August 1922 Karttula, Finland
Died	3 December 2015(2015-12-03) (aged 93)
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	55.8 kg (123 lb; 8.79 st)
Sport
Country	Finland
Sport	Speed skating
Medal record Representing  Finland Women's speed skating Olympic Games 1960 Squaw Valley 3000 m World Championships 1951 Eskilstuna Allround 1951 Eskilstuna 3000 m 1951 Eskilstuna 1000 m 1951 Eskilstuna 5000 m 1953 Lillehammer 5000 m 1954 Ōstersund 5000 m 1957 Imatra 3000 m 1959 Sverdlovsk 3000 m 1948 Turku 5000 m 1951 Eskilstuna 500 m 1952 Kokkola 5000 m 1955 Kuopio 3000 m 1955 Kuopio 5000 m 1948 Turku 3000 m 1952 Kokkola 3000 m 1953 Lillehammer 3000 m 1960 Ōstersund 3000 m

Eevi Huttunen (married name Pirinen, 23 August 1922 – 3 December 2015), was a speed skater from Finland. She was born in Karttula.

For a decade she was almost the only female skater able to compete against the Soviet ladies on the longer distances, Huttunen made a comeback specially for the 1960 Winter Olympics (the first where women speed skaters were allowed to compete), where she won the bronze on the 3000 m. She competed in eleven World Allround Championships which was till 1960 the only international speed skating event for women, from 1948 to 1960 (every year except 1956 and 1958), winning the 1951 event and being on many occasions the best non-soviet skater, certainly in the longer distances.