Mika Kuusisto

Mika Kuusisto (born 13 December 1967 in Jurva) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed during the 1990s. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and also had his best individual Winter Olympics finish with a 23rd in the 50 km event in those same games.

Mika Kuusisto
Country Finland
Born (1967-12-13) 13 December 1967
Jurva, Finland
Ski clubIlmajoen Kisailijat
World Cup career
Seasons1987, 19901999
Team wins1
Indiv. podiums0
Team podiums6
Indiv. starts43
Team starts11
Overall titles0
Discipline titles0

Kuusisto also won a bronze in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1991 Nordic skiing World Championships. He also won his only individual race at a 1997 event in Finland.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km   Pursuit   30 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1992242623Bronze

World Championships

  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km  15 km  30 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
199123Bronze

Season standings

 Season   Age 
Overall Long Distance Sprint
198719NCN/AN/A
199022NCN/AN/A
199123NCN/AN/A
199224NCN/AN/A
199325NCN/AN/A
199426NCN/AN/A
199527NCN/AN/A
199628NCN/AN/A
199729NCNC
199830NCNC
199931NCNC

Team podiums

  • 1 victory – (1 RL)
  • 6 podiums – (6 RL)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 1990–91 15 February 1991 Val di Fiemme, Italy4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Championships[1]3rdKirvesniemi / Isometsä / Räsänen
2 1991–92 18 February 1992 Albertville, France4 × 10 km Relay C/FOlympic Games[1]3rdKirvesniemi / Räsänen / Isometsä
31992–935 March 1993 Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup3rdHauta-Aho / Repo / Alakärppä
41993–944 March 1994 Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup3rdTaipale / Hietamäki / Heiskanen
51994–9512 February 1995 Oslo, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stHietamäki / Kirvesniemi / Repo
626 March 1995 Sapporo, Japan4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdKirvesniemi / Repo / 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 : KUUSISTO Mika". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 April 2018.


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