Mika Laitinen

Mika Laitinen
Country  Finland
Full name Mika Antero Laitinen
Born (1973-04-05) 5 April 1973
Kuopio, Finland
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Personal best 189 m (620 ft)
Harrachov, 9 March 1996
World Cup career
Seasons 19901993
19952000
Individual wins 5
Team wins 4
Indiv. podiums 11
Team podiums 4
Yellow bibs 7
Indiv. starts 144
Team starts 5
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Mika Antero Laitinen (born 5 April 1973) is Finnish former ski jumper who competed from 1990 to 2000.

Career

He won a gold medal in the Team large hill competition at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville.

His biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where he won three medals, including two golds in the Team large hill event (1995, 1997) and a bronze in the Individual normal hill (1995).

In the 1995/96 World Cup season, Laitinen dominated the first part of the season and won five of the nine events, until he fell and injured himself during a practice jump in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

World Cup

Standings

Season Overall 4H SF NT JP
1989/90 N/AN/AN/A
1990/91 N/AN/A
1991/92 49N/AN/A
1992/93 N/AN/A
1994/95 9116N/AN/A
1995/96 64915N/A6
1996/97 147396912
1997/98 2621301525
1998/99 3324323132
1999/00 25172422

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1995/962 December 1995  Norway LillehammerLysgårdsbakken K90 (night)NH
2 10 December 1995  Slovenia PlanicaBloudkova velikanka K120LH
3 12 December 1995  Italy PredazzoTrampolino dal Ben K90NH
4 28 December 1995  Germany OberhofHans-Renner-Schanze K120LH
5 30 December 1995  Germany OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze K115LH
  • Mika Laitinen at the International Ski Federation
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Mika Laitinen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.


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