Mika Myllyl
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Mika Myllylä (2001) |
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Full name | Mika Kristian Myllyl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
nation | Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | September 12, 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Haapajärvi , Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
date of death | July 5, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Kokkola , Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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job | professional athletes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
society | Joutsan Pommi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
End of career | 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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last change: February 23, 2013 |
Mika Kristian Myllylä [ ˈmikɑ ˈmylːylæ ] (born September 12, 1969 in Haapajärvi , † July 5, 2011 in Kokkola ) was a Finnish cross-country skier . With six Olympic and nine World Cup medals he is one of the most successful skiers in his country.
Life
Mika Myllylä began to practice cross-country skiing on a regular basis in 1981. He made his first international appearance in 1991 at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Fiemme Valley . Soon Myllylä, along with Jari Isometsä and Sami Repo, was part of the young, up-and-coming guard of Finnish long-distance runners.
Myllylä celebrated his breakthrough in the 1996/97 World Cup season, when he won his first World Cup race over 10 km in classic style in Davos , which was followed by further World Cup victories in freestyle races. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim in 1997 , he won gold over 50 km, as well as two silver (pursuit races, relay) and one bronze (10 km).
At the following Olympic Winter Games in 1998 Myllylä won the gold medal over 30 km classic. It was the first Olympic victory by a Finnish individual runner since the successes of Eero Mäntyrantas in 1964. Myllylä also achieved three other world championships at the 1999 Nordic World Ski Championships . In 1997 and 1999, he was voted Sportsman of the Year in Finland .
At the 2001 World Cup in Lahti , Myllylä was convicted of doping . He, Jari Isometsä, Harri Kirvesniemi and other Finnish cross-country skiers had been given an infusion of hydroxyethyl starch , an agent that can be used to enrich blood plasma . The resigned head coach Kari-Pekka Kyrö said that the team had consciously doped with the knowledge of responsible officials.
After a two-year ban, Myllylä tried a comeback, but ended his career in September 2004. After that, he earned his living in the real estate business, among other things.
Myllylä suffered from alcohol addiction after his career. In March 2006, he had to seek medical treatment for a racing heart after years of alcohol abuse. He has also received a number of sentences for assault and other offenses.
In 2010 it became known that he had admitted to EPO abuse during a police interrogation in April 2009 . Myllyla admitted to the Finnish broadcaster Channel Four that she injected herself with the syringes. He was the first Finnish cross-country skier from the 2001 World Cup team to admit the use of doping substances.
Mika Myllylä was married and had three children. The marriage was divorced in 2007. In spring 2009, the couple got back together, but separated again.
On July 5, 2011, Myllylä was found dead in his Kokkola apartment.
successes
winter Olympics
- 1994 in Lillehammer : silver over 50 km, bronze over 30 km, bronze with the relay
- 1998 in Nagano : Gold over 30 km, bronze over 10 km, bronze with the relay
World championships
- 1995 in Thunder Bay : Bronze over 10 km
- 1997 in Trondheim : Gold over 50 km, silver in the pursuit race, bronze over 10 km, silver with the relay
- 1999 in Ramsau : gold over 50 km, gold over 30 km, gold over 10 km, silver in the pursuit race
World Cup victories in individual
No. | date | place | discipline |
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1. | December 7, 1996 | Davos | 10 km classic |
2. | 4th January 1997 | Kavgolovo | 30 km freestyle |
3. | March 2, 1997 | Trondheim | 50 km classic 1 |
4th | January 3, 1998 | Kavgolovo | 30 km freestyle |
5. | February 14, 1999 | Seefeld | 10 km freestyle |
6th | February 19, 1999 | Ramsau | 30 km freestyle 2 |
7th | February 22, 1999 | Ramsau | 10 km classic 2 |
8th. | February 28, 1999 | Ramsau | 50 km classic 2 |
9. | February 2, 2000 | Trondheim | 10 km freestyle |
10. | December 20, 2000 | Davos | 30 km classic |
World Cup overall placements
season | total | Long distance | sprint | |||
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Points | space | Points | space | Points | space | |
1991/92 | 11 | 32. | - | - | - | - |
1992/93 | 78 | 34. | - | - | - | - |
1993/94 | 430 | 4th | - | - | - | - |
1994/95 | 340 | 8th. | - | - | - | - |
1995/96 | 238 | 14th | - | - | - | - |
1996/97 | 580 | 2. | 235 | 1. | 165 | 7th |
1997/98 | 308 | 7th | 196 | 2. | 112 | 13. |
1998/99 | 573 | 3. | 312 | 3. | 261 | 8th. |
1999/2000 | 149 | 39. | 40 109 |
29. 26. 3 |
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2000/01 | 147 | 33. | - | - | - | - |
Web links
- Mika Myllylä in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Mika Myllylä in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Mika Myllylä . In: Internationales Sportarchiv 36/1998 from August 24, 1998, supplemented by news from MA-Journal up to week 05/2010
- ↑ a b Mika Myllylä on kuollut at hs.fi, July 5, 2011
- ↑ www.handelsblatt.com
- ↑ "Ei elämä tähän pääty" at iltalehti.fi, August 31, 2007
- ↑ Mika ja Suvi Myllylä palasivat yhteen at iltasanomat.fi, February 23, 2009
- ↑ Perhe jätti ryyppäämään ratkenneen Mika Myllylän at iltasanomat.fi, October 29, 2009
- ↑ Cross-country Olympic champion Myllylä found dead at zeit.de, July 5, 2011 (accessed on July 5, 2011).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Myllyl, Mika |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Myllylä, Mika Kristian (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish cross-country skier |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1969 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Haapajärvi |
DATE OF DEATH | July 5, 2011 |
Place of death | Kokkola |