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Mika Kuusisto

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Mika Kuusisto
Country Finland
Born (1967-12-13) 13 December 1967 (age 56)
Jurva, Finland
Ski clubIlmajoen Kisailijat
World Cup career
Seasons11 – (1987, 19901999)
Starts43
Podiums0
Overall titles0
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Albertville 4 × 10 km relay
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Val di Fiemme 4 × 10 km relay
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1987 Asiago 10 km
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Lake Placid 3 × 10 km relay

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.

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

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

Olympic Games

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  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km   Pursuit   30 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1992 24 26 23 Bronze

World Championships

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  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km   15 km   30 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1991 23 Bronze

World Cup

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Season standings

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 Season   Age 
Overall Long Distance Sprint
1987 19 NC
1990 22 NC
1991 23 NC
1992 24 NC
1993 25 NC
1994 26 NC
1995 27 NC
1996 28 NC
1997 29 NC NC
1998 30 NC NC
1999 31 NC NC

Team podiums

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  • 1 victory – (1 RL)
  • 6 podiums – (6 RL)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1  1990–91  15 February 1991 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Championships[1] 3rd Kirvesniemi / Isometsä / Räsänen
2  1991–92  18 February 1992 France Albertville, France 4 × 10 km Relay C/F Olympic Games[1] 3rd Kirvesniemi / Räsänen / Isometsä
3 1992–93 5 March 1993 Finland Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 3rd Hauta-Aho / Repo / Alakärppä
4 1993–94 4 March 1994 Finland Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 3rd Taipale / Hietamäki / Heiskanen
5 1994–95 12 February 1995 Norway Oslo, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Hietamäki / Kirvesniemi / Repo
6 26 March 1995 Japan Sapporo, Japan 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Kirvesniemi / 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

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  1. ^ "Athlete : KUUSISTO Mika". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
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