Merja Kuusisto
Merja Kuusisto 
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| Full name | Merja Päivikki Kuusisto | ||||
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 Finland
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| birthday | 30th June 1968 (age 52) | ||||
| place of birth | Laihia , Finland | ||||
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| status | resigned | ||||
| Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup | |||||
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Merja Kuusisto (born June 30, 1968 in Laihia as Merja Lahtinen ) is a former Finnish cross-country skier .
Career
Kuusisto ran her first of a total of 41 individual World Cup races in March 1990 in Lahti , which she finished in 64th place over 5 km freestyle. In March 1991 she was third in the relay at the World Cup in Falun and in the 1991/92 season in Lahti with the 11th place over 30 km she got her first classic World Cup points. At the World Championships in Falun in February 1993, she came 32nd in the 30 km freestyle. In the 1993/94 season she came in all nine participations in the World Cup individual in the points and finished 25th place in the overall World Cup. In addition, she was third in the season in Lahti. At the season highlight, the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer , she ran on 16th place over 15 km freestyle, 15th place over 30 km classic and fourth place with the relay. In the following season she scored points in all ten World Cup appearances and achieved her best overall result with 23rd place in the overall World Cup. At the 1995 World Championships in Thunder Bay she finished 29th over 5 km classic, tenth over 15 km classic and sixth place with the relay. Tenth place over 15 km classic was also her best individual placement in the World Cup. She completed her last World Cup race in March 1998 in Lahti, which she finished in 41st place over 15 km freestyle. In 1999 she won the Finlandia-hiihto 75 km freestyle. She is married to the former cross-country skier Mika Kuusisto .
Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games
Olympic games
- 1994 Lillehammer : 4th place relay, 15th place 30 km classic, 16th place 15 km freestyle
Nordic World Ski Championships
- 1993 Falun : 32nd place, 30 km freestyle
- 1995 Thunder Bay : 6th place relay, 10th place 15 km classic, 29th place 5 km classic
Placements in the World Cup
World Cup Statistics
The table shows the placements achieved in detail.
- 1st – 3rd place: Number of podium placements
- Top 10: Number of places in the top ten
- Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks
- Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
- Note: In the distance races, the classification is based on the FIS.
| placement | Distance races a | Skiathlon pursuit |
sprint | Stage race b |
total | Team c | |||||
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| ≤ 5 km | ≤ 10 km | ≤ 15 km | ≤ 30 km | > 30 km | sprint | Season | |||||
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| 2nd place | |||||||||||
| 3rd place | 2 | ||||||||||
| Top 10 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||
| Scoring | 8th | 5 | 6th | 4th | 2 | 25th | 9 | ||||
| Starts | 13 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 9 | ||||
| Status: end of career | |||||||||||
World Cup overall placements
| season | space | Points |
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| 1992/93 | 51. | 12 |
| 1993/94 | 25th | 95 |
| 1994/95 | 23. | 146 |
| 1995/96 | 36. | 38 |
Web links
- Merja Kuusisto in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Profile of Merja Kuusisto on skisport365.com
- Merja Kuusisto in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kuusisto, Merja |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish cross-country skier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Laihia |