Mikke Leinonen

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Mikke Leinonen Nordic combination
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nation FinlandFinland Finland
birthday January 14, 1992
place of birth Lahti ,  FinlandFinlandFinland 
size 180 cm
Weight 68 kg
Career
society Lahden Hiihtoseura
status resigned
End of career 2017
Placements in the World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup March 11, 2011 in Lahti
 Overall World Cup 57th ( 2013/14 )
last change: December 30, 2017

Mikke Leinonen (born January 14, 1992 in Lahti ) is a former Finnish Nordic combined athlete .

Career

Mikke Leinonen competed in the Nordic Combined B-World Cup, later renamed the Continental Cup , in 2007. His first point placement in this series of competitions was on February 19, 2011 in Kranj, Slovenia, with a 30th place. His best result so far in the Continental Cup was a third place he on 8 January 2012 at the Turkish Erzurum achieved and which also constitutes his only podium finish so far. He also took part in the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships several times . His best result was a fifth place in the Gundersen competition on the normal hill with a subsequent cross-country skiing distance of five kilometers at the 2012 Junior World Ski Championships in Erzurum.

He made his debut in the Nordic Combined World Cup on March 11, 2011 in Lahti. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in the Italian Val di Fiemme , he was in the team competition together with Ilkka Herola , Janne Ryynänen and Eetu Vähäsöyrinki eighth. The first place in the points in an individual competition in the World Cup followed on January 4, 2014 with 29th place in Tchaikovsky, Russia . At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , Leinonen finished 40th (normal hill) and 42nd place (large hill).

statistics

winter Olympics

  • Sochi 2014 : 40th Gundersen (HS 106/10 km), 42nd Gundersen (HS 140/10 km)

Nordic World Ski Championships

  • Val di Fiemme 2013 : 8th team (HS 106/4 × 5 km), 34th Gundersen (HS 106/10 km), 36th Gundersen (HS 134/10 km)

Nordic Junior World Ski Championships

  • Hinterzarten 2010 : 13th team (HS 106/4 × 5 km), 35th Gundersen (HS 106/10 km)
  • Otepää 2011 : 15th Gundersen (HS 100/5 km), 20th Gundersen (HS 100/10 km)
  • Erzurum 2012 : 5th Gundersen (HS 109/5 km), 6th team (HS 109/4 × 5 km), 7th Gundersen (HS 109/10 km)

Winter Universiade

World Cup placements

season space Points
2013/14 57. 022nd
2015/16 59. 001

Continental Cup placements

season space Points
2010/11 81. 025th
2011/12 43. 106
2012/13 84. 020th
2013/14 81. 009
2014/15 66. 028
2015/16 36. 102
2016/17 48. 054

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personal data
SURNAME Leinonen, Mikke
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish Nordic combined
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Lahti , Finland