Famous People with Name Virpi

Virpi Niemelä            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Virpi Niemelä: was a leading Argentine astronomer. She was only the secomd Argentine to be elected an Associate of the Royal Astronomical Society.She became a pupil of Jorge Sahade, getting a PhD in 1974, and for her whole career collaborated with him. Her work has had a strong influence in the areas of massive stars and close binaries, especially Wolf-Rayet stars. She pioneered work on Wolf-Rayet stars in the Magellanic Clouds, massive stars in stellar associations and interstellar bubbles around massive stars. She also helped to develop astronomy in Argentina, inspiring many students.

Virpi Katriina Sarasvuo            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Virpi Katriina Sarasvuo: is a Finnish cross country skier who competed from 1995 to 2010. She won a bronze medal in the team sprint event (with Aino Kaisa Saarinen) at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and earned her best individual finish of fifth in the individual sprint event in those same games. Four years later in Vancouver, Kuitunen won another bronze, this time in the 4 x 5 km relay.

Virpi Niemi            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Virpi Niemi: is a Finnish cross country skier who competed in 1995. Her best World Cup finish was 26th in a 15 km event in Japan that same year.At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1995 in Thunder Bay, Niemi finished 19th in the 5 km, 24th in the 30 km, 26th in the 15 km, and 31st in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit events.