Anssi Juutilainen
Veli Anssi Juutilainen (born October 1, 1956 in Kangaslampi ) is a former Finnish cross-country skier and trainer. He is five times world champion in ski orienteering .
After training as a sports coach, Juutilainen worked as a cross-country ski coach for the Spanish national team between 1981 and 1984. He then devoted himself to his own career in orienteering skiing. In 1984, as a World Cup debutant, he completely surprisingly won the world title in the individual competition, a start in the Finnish relay was not planned for him. At the 1986 World Cup in Batak , Bulgaria , he was behind the Swede Claes Berglund , with the relay he won bronze. In 1988 he won the world title in the short distance, was third in the long distance and won another title in the relay with Hannu Koponen , Juha Kirvesmies and Mikko Kosonen . In 1990 in Skellefteå , Sweden , he won the world title in the long distance and finished second in the relay. In the following season he also secured the overall World Cup. At the 1991 World Championships, he went without a medal in the individual competitions for the first time, but won his fifth World Championship gold medal with the Finnish relay with Eero Haapasalmi , Stefan Borgman and Vesa Mäkipää . In 1994, at the age of 37, he started again at a world championship and won silver with the Finnish relay, which only lagged behind the Norwegian team.
Juutilainen was also four times Nordic champion of the Scandinavian countries and five times champion of Finland. Juutailainen is married to the three-time orienteering ski world champion Virpi Juutilainen (born Peltonen ).
Placements
World Championships: (5 × gold, 3 × silver, 2 × bronze)
- 1984 : 1st place individual
- 1986 : 2nd place individual, 3rd place relay
- 1988 : 1st place short, 3rd place long, 1st place relay
- 1990 : 4th place short, 1st place long, 2nd place relay
- 1992 : 16th place short, 5th place long, 1st place relay
- 1994 : 5th place short, 29th place long, 2nd place relay
Overall World Cup:
- Winner 1991
- 3rd place in 1989
Web links
- Results of the Ski Orienteering World Championships Suomen Suunnistusliitto
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Juutilainen, Anssi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Juutilainen, Veli Anssi (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish orienteering skier and cross-country skiing trainer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kangaslampi |