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Risto Jussilainen

Risto Jussilainen
Risto Jussilainen Zakopane 2006 1.jpg
Jussilainen in Zakopane, 2006
Country Finland
Full nameRisto Kalevi Jussilainen
Born10 June 1975
Jyväskylä, Finland
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Personal best224.5 m (737 ft)
Planica, 20 March 2005
World Cup career
Seasons1993–1995
1997
1999–2003
2005–2007
Individual wins2
Team wins7
Indiv. podiums16
Team podiums12
Indiv. starts147
Team starts15
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Risto Kalevi Jussilainen (born 10 June 1975) is a Finnish former ski jumper.

Career

Jussilainen's career best achievement was a silver medal in the team large hill competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. At World Cup level he won two individual and seven team competitions (normal hill, large hill and ski flying) between 2000 and 2002. In the 2000/01 season he finished third in the overall standings. He also won silver medals in both team competitions (normal and large hills) at the 2001 World Championships.

During his career he won two World Cup competitions, an Olympic medal and three World Championship medals.[1]

World Cup

Standings

Season Overall 4H SF NT JP
1992/93 N/A N/A
1993/94 84 38 N/A N/A
1994/95 54 20 N/A N/A
1996/97 63 45 60
1998/99 43 37 25 28 45
1999/00 8 14 28 11 8
2000/01 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 N/A
2001/02 10 8 N/A 8 N/A
2002/03 69 47 N/A 49 N/A
2004/05 12 25 N/A 23 N/A
2005/06 30 67 N/A 35 N/A
2006/07 N/A N/A

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2000/01 3 March 2001   Germany Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K185 FH
2 2001/02 24 November 2001   Finland Kuopio Puijo K120 (night) LH

References

  1. ^ Risto Jussilainen at the International Ski Federation. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
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