Ville Nousiainen

Ville Nousiainen
Ville Nousiainen, Tour de Ski 2010
Full name Ville Antero Nousiainen
Born (1983-12-05) 5 December 1983
Kouvola, Finland
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Ski club Kouvolan Hiihtoseura
World Cup career
Seasons 2003–
Individual wins 0
Indiv. podiums 2
Medal record
Men's cross country skiing
Representing  Finland
World Championships
2009 LiberecTeam sprint
2009 Liberec4 x 10 km

Ville Nousiainen (born December 5, 1983 in Kouvola) is a Finnish cross country skier who has been competing since 2002. He finished fifth in the 4 x 10 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Nousiainen won his first world championship medal with a bronze in the team sprint event with Sami Jauhojärvi at Liberec in 2009. He then followed it with another bronze in the 4 x 10 km event at those same championships.

First place victories include two 10 km FIS races and most recently 2 National Championships in Finland in 2010 (50 km, 19.8  km).

World Cup results

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

Individual podiums

  • 2 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
12007–0815 December 2007Russia Rybinsk, Russia30 km Mass Start FWorld Cup2nd
29 February 2008Estonia Otepää, Estonia15 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd

Team podiums

  • 1 podium
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
12007–0817 February 2008Czech Republic Liberec, Czech Republic6 × 1.4 km Team Sprint CWorld Cup2ndJauhojärvi

References

  1. ↑ "Athlete : NOUSIAINEN Ville". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 30 January 2018.


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