Jari Räsänen

Jari Räsänen
Country Finland
Born (1966-01-28) 28 January 1966 (age 58)
Maaninka, Finland
Ski clubMaaningan Mahti
World Cup career
Seasons12 – (1986–1997)
Indiv. starts50
Indiv. podiums0
Team starts14
Team podiums10
Team wins1
Overall titles0 – (13th in 1994)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Albertville 4 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Lillehammer 4 × 10 km relay
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1989 Lahti 4 × 10 km relay
Silver medal – second place 1995 Thunder Bay 4 × 10 km relay
Silver medal – second place 1997 Trondheim 4 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Val di Fiemme 4 × 10 km relay
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Lake Placid 4 × 10 km relay

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

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


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