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Mika Antero Laitinen (born 5 April 1973) is Finnish former ski jumper who competed from 1990 to 2000.

Mika Laitinen
Country	Finland
Full name	Mika Antero Laitinen
Born	(1973-04-05) 5 April 1973 (age 49) Kuopio, Finland
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Personal best	189 m (620 ft) Harrachov, 9 March 1996
World Cup career
Seasons	1990–1993 1995–2000
Individual wins	5
Team wins	4
Indiv. podiums	11
Team podiums	4
Indiv. starts	144
Team starts	5
Medal record Men's ski jumping Olympic Games 1992 Albertville Team LH FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1995 Thunder Bay Team LH 1997 Trondheim Team LH 1995 Thunder Bay Individual NH
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Career

He won a gold medal in the Team large hill competition at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville.

His biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where he won three medals, including two golds in the Team large hill event (1995, 1997) and a bronze in the Individual normal hill (1995).

In the 1995/96 World Cup season, Laitinen dominated the first part of the season and won five of the nine events, until he fell and injured himself during a practice jump in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	4H	SF	NT	JP
1989/90	—	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1990/91	—	—	—	N/A	N/A
1991/92	49	—	—	N/A	N/A
1992/93	—	—	—	N/A	N/A
1994/95	9	11	6	N/A	N/A
1995/96	6	49	15	N/A	6
1996/97	14	7	39	69	12
1997/98	26	21	30	15	25
1998/99	33	24	32	31	32
1999/00	25	17	—	24	22

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	1995/96	2 December 1995	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken K90 (night)	NH
2		10 December 1995	Planica	Bloudkova velikanka K120	LH
3		12 December 1995	Predazzo	Trampolino dal Ben K90	NH
4		28 December 1995	Oberhof	Hans-Renner-Schanze K120	LH
5		30 December 1995	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze K115	LH

External links

• Mika Laitinen at the International Ski Federation
• Mika Laitinen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

На других языках

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[de] Mika Laitinen

Mika Antero Laitinen (* 3. März 1973 in Kuopio) ist ein ehemaliger finnischer Skispringer. Er startete für den Verein seiner Geburtsstadt, den Puijon Hiihtoseura.

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- [en] Mika Laitinen

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[fr] Mika Laitinen

Mika Antero Laitinen (né le 3 mars 1973 à Kuopio) est un ancien sauteur à ski finlandais.

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[it] Mika Laitinen

Mika Antero Laitinen (Kuopio, 5 marzo 1973) è un ex saltatore con gli sci finlandese.

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