Marko Juhani Mänttäri

Marko Juhani Mänttäri
Association	Finland
birthday	July 21, 1980
Career
Debut in the World Cup	2007
status	resigned
World Cup balance

Marko Juhani Mänttäri (born July 21, 1980 ) is a former Finnish biathlete and cross-country skier .

Career

Marko Juhani Mänttäri began his international career in 2001 in the Continental Cup for cross-country skiers. He contested his first race in February of that year in Maentyharju , Finland , where he was 37th in a 10-kilometer race. He came twice to appearances in the cross-country skiing world cup . The first time he was 84th in a sprint race in Lahti in March 2004, the second time in a 15-kilometer race in November of the same year in Kuusamo 95th. After that, he ran mostly in the Scandinavian Cup until 2006 and switched to biathlon in 2006.

Mänttäri's first season in biathlon started in 2007 . He made his debut in a sprint race as part of the European Cup in Cesana San Sicario , which he finished 61st. At the next station he was 33rd in Forni Avoltri and in the pursuit race that followed he was able to improve to 28th place. At the European Biathlon Championships 2007 in Bansko , 25th place was the best result, in the sprint he was 26th, in the pursuit 28th. At the last station of the Biathlon World Cup of the season in Lahti, the Finn was used for the first time in this competition. In the individual, he was 77th in his first race, 66th in the sprint. In the summer he ran at the Summer Biathlon World Championships 2007 in Otepää , where he was in the roller ski competitions Sprint 22nd and Pursuit 13th. has been. In the 2007/08 season , regular appearances in the World Cup followed. In Hochfilzen , Mänttäri achieved his best placement in an individual race as 47th in the pursuit. The highlight of the season was participation in the 2008 Biathlon World Championships in Östersund , where he was 64th in the sprint and 100th in the individual. The following year he finished 90th in the individual, 55th in the pursuit and 46th in the sprint at the 2009 Biathlon World Championships in Pyeongchang . After the 2009/10 season he switched back to cross-country skiing. He competed in the Scandinavian Cup in the 2010/11 season. He completed his last cross-country skiing race in January 2012 at the Finnish championships in Keuruu , which he finished classically in 98th place over 3.75 km.

Participation in world championships

Summer biathlon world championships

• 2007 Otepää : 13th place pursuit, 22nd place sprint

Biathlon world championships

• 2008 Östersund : 64th place sprint, 100th place individual
• 2009 Pyeongchang : 46th place sprint, 55th place pursuit, 90th place individual

Biathlon World Cup placements

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).

• 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
• Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
• Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
• Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline

placement	singles	sprint	persecution	Mass start	Season	total
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Top 10
Scoring					5	5
Starts	5	13	2		5	25th
Status: after the 2009/2010 season

Web links

• Marko Juhani Mänttäri in the IBU database (English)
• Marko Juhani Mänttäri in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)