Leena Laitinen
Leena Laitinen is a Finnish chess player, three-times Finnish Women Chess Championship winner.
Biography
In the 1970s and 1980s, Leena Laitinen was one of Finland's leading chess players. In Finnish Chess Championships she has won three gold and two silver medals. In 1978, in Kikinda Leena Laitinen participated in 2nd European Girls' Junior Chess Championship and ranked 11th.Leena Laitinen played for Finland in the Women's Chess Olympiads:
- In 1976, at first reserve board in the 7th Chess Olympiad in Haifa,
- In 1980, at third board in the 9th Chess Olympiad in Valletta,
- In 1982, at second board in the 10th Chess Olympiad in Lucerne,
- In 1984, at first board in the 26th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki.