title: Mervi Väisänen
text: # Mervi Väisänen
  
  Mervi Väisänen (born Mervi Pesu ; born 2 May 1973) is a Finnish ski-orienteering and mountain bike orienteering competitor.
  
  She won a bronze medal in the long distance at the 2002 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Borovetz. She won a silver medal at the 2002 World MTB Orienteering Championships, after finishing seven seconds behind gold medalist Laure Coupat.
  
  She won a bronze medal in the middle distance at the 2015 World Ski Orienteering Championships, behind Milka Reponen and Marjut Turunen.
  
  