Jari Räsänen

Jari Räsänen (born 28 January 1966) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed from 1988 to 1998. He won two bronze medals in the 4 × 10 km relay at the Winter Olympics (1992, 1994).

Jari Räsänen
Country Finland
Born (1966-01-28) 28 January 1966
Maaninka, Finland
Ski clubMaaningan Mahti
World Cup career
Seasons19861997
Team wins1
Indiv. podiums0
Team podiums10
Indiv. starts50
Team starts14
Overall titles0 – (13th in 1994)
Discipline titles0

Räsänen also won four 4 × 10 km relay medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three silvers (1989, 1995, 1997) and a bronze (1991). He also won two FIS races at 10 km, one in 1994 and the other in 1995 (Both in Finland).

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

Olympic Games

  • 2 medals – (2 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km   15 km  Pursuit   30 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
198822N/A30N/A8
19922615N/A1931Bronze
19942812N/A611Bronze

World Championships

  • 4 medals – (3 silver, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km  15 km
 classical 
 15 km
 freestyle 
 Pursuit  30 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
198923N/A5N/A13Silver
199125N/A12N/ABronze
19932721N/AN/A24184
19952927N/AN/A17Silver
199731N/AN/A19Silver

Season standings

 Season   Age 
Overall Long Distance Sprint
198620NCN/AN/A
198721NCN/AN/A
19882253N/AN/A
19892327N/AN/A
19902422N/AN/A
19912543N/AN/A
19922644N/AN/A
19932738N/AN/A
19942813N/AN/A
19952946N/AN/A
19963074N/AN/A
19973180NCNC

Team podiums

  • 1 victory – (1 RL)
  • 10 podiums – (9 RL, 1 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
1 1988–89 24 February 1989 Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Championships[1]2ndKarvonen / Kirvesniemi / Ristanen
2 1990–91 15 February 1991 Val di Fiemme, Italy4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Championships[1]3rdKuusisto / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä
3 1991–92 18 February 1992 Albertville, France4 × 10 km Relay C/FOlympic Games[1]3rdKuusisto / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä
428 February 1992 Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup3rdMyllylä / Hartonen / Isometsä
5 1993–94 22 February 1994 Lillehammer, Norway4 × 10 km Relay C/FOlympic Games[1]3rdMyllylä / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä
64 March 1994 Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup1stRepo / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä
7 1994–95 5 February 1995 Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup2ndHartonen / Isometsä / Myllylä
817 March 1995 Thunder Bay, Canada4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Championships[1]2ndHietamäki / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä
9 1996–97 18 January 1997 Lahti, Finland12 × 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup2ndPalolahti
1028 February 1997 Trondheim, Norway4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Championships[1]2ndKirvesniemi / Myllylä / Isometsä

Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

  1. "Athlete : RAESAENEN Jari". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 April 2018.


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