Mika Kuusisto

Mika Kuusisto
Full name	Mika Juhani Kuusisto
nation	Finland
birthday	13th December 1967 (age 52)
place of birth	Jurva , Finland
Career
status	resigned
End of career	1999
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 0 × 1 × World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 1 × JWM medals 0 × 1 × 1 ×
winter Olympics bronze 1992 Albertville Season  Nordic World Ski Championships bronze 1991 Val di Fiemme Season  Nordic Junior Ski World Championships bronze 1986 Lake Placid Season silver 1987 Asiago 10 km
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup March 1, 1987  Overall World Cup 33 ( 1993/94 )

Mika Juhani Kuusisto (born December 13, 1967 in Jurva ) is a former Finnish cross-country skier .

Career

Kuusisto had his first international success at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in 1986 in Lake Placid . There he won the bronze medal with the relay. The following year he won the silver medal over 10 km at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Asiago . He ran his first World Cup individual race in March 1987 in Lahti , which he finished in 26th place in the 30 km freestyle. In March 1990 in Örnsköldsvik he achieved his first classic World Cup point with 15th place over 30 km. At the 1991 World Championships in Val di Fiemme and at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville , he won the bronze medal with the relay. He also achieved 26th place over 30 km classic and 23rd place over 50 km freestyle in Albertville. In March 1993 he was third with the relay at the World Cup in Lahti. In the 1993/94 season he reached the points three times and achieved his best overall result with 33rd place in the overall World Cup. He achieved his best individual result in the World Cup in Falun with fourth place over 30 km classic and also achieved third place with the relay in Lahti again. The following season he won in Oslo with the relay and ran in Sapporo in third place with the relay. He completed his last World Cup race in December 1998 in Davos , which he finished classically in 41st place over 30 km. At Finnish championships he won the 50 km in 1990 and in the pursuit in 1991.

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

• 1992 Albertville : 3rd place relay, 23rd place 50 km freestyle, 26th place 30 km classic

Nordic World Ski Championships

• 1991 Val di Fiemme : 3rd place relay, 19th place 10 km classic, 24th place 30 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
	≤ 5 km	≤ 10 km	≤ 15 km	≤ 30 km	> 30 km					sprint	Season
1st place											1
2nd place
3rd place											5
Top 10			1	2					3		9
Scoring		1	7th	4th	2	1			15th		10
Starts		7th	12	18th	5	3			45		10
Status: end of career

^a including individual starts and mass starts according to FIS classification

^bEntire race, not individual stages, e.g. B. Tour de Ski, Nordic Opening, season finale

^c Possibly incomplete due to a lack of suitable sources before 2001

World Cup overall placements

season	space	Points
1989/90	60.	1
1990/91	37.	6th
1991/92	36.	8th
1992/93	79.	8th
1993/94	33.	72
1994/95	42.	49
1995/96	73.	7th

Web links

• Mika Kuusisto in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Profile of Mika Kuusisto on skisport365.com
• Mika Kuusisto in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )