Jari Räsänen

Jari Räsänen
Jari Räsänen
Country	Finland
Born	28 January 1966 (age 59); Maaninka, Finland
Ski club	Maaningan Mahti
World Cup career
Seasons	12 – (1986–1997)
Indiv. starts	50
Indiv. podiums	0
Team starts	14
Team podiums	10
Team wins	1
Overall titles	0 – (13th in 1994)
Discipline titles	0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing Finland
Olympic Games
World Championships
Junior World Championships

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).

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
1988	22	—	30	—	—	—	8
1992	26	15	—	19	—	31	Bronze
1994	28	12	—	6	11	—	Bronze

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
1989	23	—	—	5	—	—	13	Silver
1991	25	—	—	12	—	—	—	Bronze
1993	27	21	—	—	24	18	—	4
1995	29	27	—	—	17	—	—	Silver
1997	31	—	—	—	—	19	—	Silver

World Cup

Season standings

Season	Age
Season	Age	Overall	Long Distance	Sprint
1986	20	NC	—	—
1987	21	NC	—	—
1988	22	53	—	—
1989	23	27	—	—
1990	24	22	—	—
1991	25	43	—	—
1992	26	44	—	—
1993	27	38	—	—
1994	28	13	—	—
1995	29	46	—	—
1996	30	74	—	—
1997	31	80	NC	NC

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, Finland	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Championships^[1]	2nd	Karvonen / Kirvesniemi / Ristanen
2	1990–91	15 February 1991	Val di Fiemme, Italy	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Championships^[1]	3rd	Kuusisto / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä
3	1991–92	18 February 1992	Albertville, France	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	Olympic Games^[1]	3rd	Kuusisto / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä
4	1991–92	28 February 1992	Lahti, Finland	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	3rd	Myllylä / Hartonen / Isometsä
5	1993–94	22 February 1994	Lillehammer, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	Olympic Games^[1]	3rd	Myllylä / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä
6	1993–94	4 March 1994	Lahti, Finland	4 × 10 km Relay C	World Cup	1st	Repo / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä
7	1994–95	5 February 1995	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	2nd	Hartonen / Isometsä / Myllylä
8	1994–95	17 March 1995	Thunder Bay, Canada	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Championships^[1]	2nd	Hietamäki / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä
9	1996–97	18 January 1997	Lahti, Finland	12 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	2nd	Palolahti
10	1996–97	28 February 1997	Trondheim, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Championships^[1]	2nd	Kirvesniemi / 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

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

External links

Jari Raesaenen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
Jari Räsänen at Olympics.com
Jari Räsänen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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

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