Finnish ski jumper
Mika Laitinen Country Finland Full name Mika Antero Laitinen Born (1973-04-05 ) 5 April 1973 (age 51) Kuopio , FinlandHeight 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) Personal best 189 m (620 ft)Harrachov , 9 March 1996 Seasons 1990 –1993 1995 –2000 Starts 144 Podiums 11 Wins 5 Updated on 10 February 2016.
Mika Antero Laitinen (born 5 April 1973) is Finnish former ski jumper who competed from 1990 to 2000.
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
Wins
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1988 : Ari-Pekka Nikkola , Matti Nykänen , Tuomo Ylipulli , Jari Puikkonen (FIN )
1992 : Ari-Pekka Nikkola , Mika Laitinen , Risto Laakkonen , Toni Nieminen (FIN )
1994 : Hansjörg Jäkle , Christof Duffner , Dieter Thoma , Jens Weißflog (GER )
1998 : Takanobu Okabe , Hiroya Saito , Masahiko Harada , Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN )
2002 : Sven Hannawald , Stephan Hocke , Michael Uhrmann , Martin Schmitt (GER )
2006 : Andreas Widhölzl , Andreas Kofler , Martin Koch , Thomas Morgenstern (AUT )
2010 : Wolfgang Loitzl , Andreas Kofler , Thomas Morgenstern , Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT )
2014 : Severin Freund , Marinus Kraus , Andreas Wank , Andreas Wellinger (GER )
2018 : Daniel-André Tande , Andreas Stjernen , Johann André Forfang , Robert Johansson (NOR )
2022 : Stefan Kraft , Daniel Huber , Jan Hörl , Manuel Fettner (AUT )
1982: Norway
1984: Finland
1985: Finland
1987: Finland
1989: Finland
1991: Austria
1993: Norway
1995: Finland
1997: Finland
1999: Germany
2001: Germany
2003: Finland
2005: Austria
2007: Austria
2009: Austria
2011: Austria
2013: Austria
2015: Norway
2017: Poland
2019: Germany
2021: Germany
2023: Slovenia