Marika Teini

{{short description|Finnish orienteering competitor}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Marika Teini | image = Marika_Teini_Jukola_2018.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|1|31|df=y}} | birth_place = | residence = | spouse = | sport = Orienteering | club = Halden SK | worlds = | nationals = | headercolor = lightsteelblue | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's orienteering }} {{MedalCountry| {{FIN}} }} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalBronze | 2016 Strömstad | Relay }} {{MedalBronze | 2017 Tartu | Relay }} {{MedalCompetition | European Championships }} {{MedalGold | 2018 Ticino | Middle }}

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'''Marika Teini''' (born 31 January 1989) is a Finnish orienteering competitor.<ref name=o-bio>{{cite web|title=Marika Teini |url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Athletes/Details/5868 |website=eventor.orienteering.org |accessdate=10 September 2016}}</ref> At the 2016 World Orienteering Championships in Strömstad she placed 6th in the middle distance,<ref>{{cite web|title=Official results for Middle |url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Events/ResultList?eventId=5355&eventClassId=5351 |website=eventor.orienteering.org |date=23 August 2016 |accessdate=10 September 2016}}</ref> and won a bronze medal with the Finnish relay team.<ref name=o-bio/> She repeated her relay bronze medal in 2017, before winning the gold medal at the 2018 European Orienteering Championships in Switzerland, ahead of Swedish runner Tove Alexandersson.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Teini, Marika}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Finnish female orienteers Category:Finnish foot orienteers Category:World Orienteering Championships medalists Category:Competitors at the 2017 World Games Category:21st-century Finnish sportswomen