Nette Kiviranta
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| Born | 30 August 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para-alpine skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | LW11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nette Kiviranta (born 30 August 2001) is a Finnish para-alpine skier.
Kiviranta competed at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships and won a silver medal in the slalom sitting event in January 2022. According to the International Paralympic Committee, in order to qualify for the Paralympics an athlete must have a license from the last two seasons. She only received her disability classification this season, and competed in her first competitions in November 2021. As a result, she was not approved to compete at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.[1]
She competed at the 2023 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships and won a bronze medal in the giant slalom sitting event with a time of 2:28:00.[2]
In January 2025, Kiviranta competed at the 2025 Winter World University Games in para-alpine skiing and won a gold medal in the giant slalom sitting event with a time of 2:26.85.[3] She was one of the first Finnish athletes selected to represent Finland at the 2026 Winter Paralympics.[4]
Personal life
Kiviranta was involved in a car accident in April 2018, and suffered a spinal cord injury which caused paralysis in her lower limbs.[5]