Mona-Liisa Nousiainen
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Mona-Liisa Nousiainen during the Stockholm Royal Palace Sprint in Sweden in March 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Mona-Liisa Malvalehto 20 July 1983 Rovaniemi, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 July 2019 (aged 36) Kouvola, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ski club | Kouvolan Hiihtoseura | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 17 – (2002–2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 110 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. wins | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team podiums | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team wins | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (27th in 2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mona-Liisa Nousiainen (née Malvalehto; 20 July 1983 – 29 July 2019) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the World Cup between 2002 and 2018. Her best World Cup finish was first place in a sprint event in Liberec, in the Czech Republic, on 12 January 2013.
Malvalehto's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was seventh in the sprint event at Oberstdorf in 2005.
In 1999, she won the Finnish Championship in accordion playing. She studied at the Sibelius Academy.
She announced her retirement from cross-country skiing after not being selected for the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Mona-Liisa Nousiainen was married to fellow cross-country skier Ville Nousiainen since 2015, with whom she had one daughter. She was a friend of Swedish cross-country skier Charlotte Kalla.
Nousiainen died of stomach cancer on 29 July 2019 at the age of 36. She is buried in Valkeala cemetery in Kouvola.