Mika Laitinen

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Mika Laitinen
CountryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Full nameMika Antero Laitinen
Born (1973-04-05) 5 April 1973 (age 52)
Kuopio, Finland
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Personal best189 m (620 ft)
Harrachov, 9 March 1996
World Cup career
Seasons 19901993
19952000
Indiv. starts144
Indiv. podiums11
Indiv. wins5
Team starts5
Team podiums4
Team wins4
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Albertville Team LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Thunder Bay Team LH
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Trondheim Team LH
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1995 Thunder Bay Individual NH
Updated on 10 February 2016.

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

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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 Overall4HSFNTJP
1989/90 N/AN/AN/A
1990/91 N/AN/A
1991/92 49N/AN/A
1992/93 N/AN/A
1994/95 9116N/AN/A
1995/96 64915N/A6
1996/97 147396912
1997/98 2621301525
1998/99 3324323132
1999/00 25172422

Wins

No.SeasonDateLocationHillSize
1 1995/96 2 December 1995   Flag of Norway.svg Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken K90 (night)NH
210 December 1995   Flag of Slovenia.svg Planica Bloudkova velikanka K120LH
312 December 1995   Flag of Italy.svg Predazzo Trampolino dal Ben K90NH
428 December 1995   Flag of Germany.svg Oberhof Hans-Renner-Schanze K120LH
530 December 1995   Flag of Germany.svg Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze K115LH