Sara Kristiina Mustonen (23 December 1962, Rovaniemi, Finland – 12 September 1979, Hintertux, Austria) was a Finnish alpine skier. She is the youngest skier ever to win the Finnish alpine ski championship with her gold medal in women’s slalom in 1977 when she was only 14 years old.
Sara Mustonen started her career as early as in April 1968 at the age of five, landing second in the Lapland championships – in a category for girls under 10 years of ...
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Sara Kristiina Mustonen (23 December 1962, Rovaniemi, Finland – 12 September 1979, Hintertux, Austria) was a Finnish alpine skier. She is the youngest skier ever to win the Finnish alpine ski championship with her gold medal in women’s slalom in 1977 when she was only 14 years old.
Sara Mustonen started her career as early as in April 1968 at the age of five, landing second in the Lapland championships – in a category for girls under 10 years of age. In her next race a week later she finished first, the position she was to hold in her age category until her untimely death in September 1979. Between 1975 and 1979 Mustonen reached as many as 25 medals in Finnish alpine ski championships, 10 of which in women’s category. She won women’s slalom in 1977 and 1978, giant slalom in 1978 and 1979, and downhill in 1979. She represented the skiing club Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura of her native Rovaniemi and was a member of the Finnish alpine ski team since 1976.
In 1978 Mustonen was the only woman...
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