Vilma Ryytty
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| Nationality | Finnish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 May 2001 Iisalmi, Finland | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Cross-country skiing | ||||||||||||||
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Vilma Ryytty (born 27 May 2001) is a Finnish cross-country skier. She competes in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup.
Career
Ryytty competed in the World Cup for the first time in Oslo in March 2023. She finished 32nd in the 50 km freestyle mass start. She made it into the top 30 for the first time in Ruka on 26 November 2023, where she finished 28th in the 20 km freestyle mass start. She came close to the top ten with his 12th place in the 10 km freestyle race in Cogne in February 2025. She finished ninth in the 10 km freestyle race in Davos in December 2025.[1]
Ryytty finished fifth in the traditional sprint at the 2021 Vuokatti Junior World Championships. In the under-23 category, she participated in three Junior World Championships, with her best finish being 11th in the 10 km in Whistler, Canada in 2023.[1] At the 2025 Trondheim World Championships, Ryytty finished 18th in the 50 km freestyle mass start and 28th in the combined event.[2] At the 2026 Winter Olympics, she finished 15th in the 20 km skiathlon event and 18th in the 10 km freestyle event then won a bronze medal in the 4 × 7.5 kilometre relay.[1]
In January 2025, at the Finnish Cross-Country Championships in Imatra, Ryytty came second in the 10 km traditional cross-country skiing, with Anne Kyllönen winning the race. In the 20 km combined competition, Ryytty broke away from the others when changing skis and held first place until the finish.[3]
Personal life
Ryytty is engaged to skier and ski coach Roope Haapakangas.[4]
Skiathlon results
All results are sourced from the IOC.[5]
Olympic Games
| Year | Age | 10 km individual |
20 km skiathlon |
50 km mass start |
Sprint | 4 × 7.5 km relay |
Team sprint |
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| 2026 | 24 | 18 | 15 | — | — | Bronze | — |
References
- ^ a b c "Vilma RYYTTY". FIS-ski.com. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ^ "Krista Pärmäkoski jäi kauas kärjestä – päävalmentaja kehui silti". sportti.com (in Finnish).
- ^ "Vilma Ryytty häkeltyi Suomen mestaruudestaan – jäi vielä joulukuussa Kylpylähiihdoissa kaksi minuuttia kärjestä". yle.fi (in Finnish). 12 January 2025.
- ^ Silvennoinen, Santtu (5 January 2024). "Suomen huippuhiihtäjällä ihana joulu – Kihlat". iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "Women's 10km + 10km Skiathlon Results - Cross-Country Skiing". Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
External links
- Vilma Ryytty at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Vilma Ryytty at Milano Cortina 2026
- Vilma Ryytty at Olympics.com
- Vilma Ryytty at Olympedia
- Vilma Ryytty at Olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish)
- Vilma Ryytty on Instagram