Kari Härkönen
Kari Härkönen 
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| birthday | 16th July 1959 (age 61) | |||||||||
| place of birth | Ristijärvi , Finland | |||||||||
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| status | resigned | |||||||||
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Kari Tapio Härkönen (born July 16, 1959 in Ristijärvi ) is a former Finnish cross-country skier .
Career
Härkönen finished 19th over 15 km at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid . He ran his first World Cup race in January 1982 in Reit im Winkl and achieved 14th place over 15 km. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo in 1982 he won bronze with the relay and came 12th over 30 km. At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo , he came in 13th place over 15 km. At the beginning of his last active season in 1984/85 he reached his first podium in the World Cup with second place over 15 km freestyle in Cogne . At the competitions of the Nordic World Ski Championships 1985 in Seefeld in Tirol , which also belonged to the World Cup, he won the gold medal over 15 km. He was also fifth over 30 km and fourth over 50 km and with the relay. He finished the season in seventh place in the overall World Cup.
Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games
Olympic games
- 1980 Lake Placid : 19th place 15 km classic
- 1984 Sarajevo : 13th place 15 km classic
Nordic World Ski Championships
- 1982 Oslo : 3rd place relay, 12th place 30 km freestyle
- 1985 Seefeld in Tirol : 1st place 15 km, 4th place relay, 4th place 50 km, 5th place 30 km
World Cup victories in individual
| No. | date | place | discipline |
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| 1. | January 22, 1985 |
 Seefeld in Tyrol
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15 km 1 |
World Cup overall placements
| season | space | Points |
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| 1981/82 | 41. | 16 |
| 1982/83 | 41. | 17th |
| 1983/84 | 27. | 30th |
| 1984/85 | 7th | 73 |
Web links
- Portrait ( Memento of March 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (in Finnish)
- Kari Härkönen in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Kari Härkönen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Härkönen, Kari |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Härkönen, Kari Tapio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish cross-country skier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ristijärvi |