Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (born February 1, 1979) is a Finnish cross country skier who has competed since 1998. She won a bronze medal in the team sprint event (with Virpi Kuitunen) at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and earned her best individual finish of 7th in the 10 km classical event in those same games.
Saarinen also won five medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with four golds (Team sprint: 2009, 10 km: 2009, 4 x 5 km: 2007, 2009) and a bronze (7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit: 2009). She has six individual victories in FIS races since 2002, but did not win her first World Cup event until she won the 30 km classical event at the Holmenkollen ski festival on March 17, 2007.
As of January 18. 2009, Saarinen leads the World Cup after finishing among the top ten in every race she has competed in, and finishing second in the 2008/2009 Tour De Ski behind Virpi Kuitunen.
