Jari Räsänen (born 28 January 1966) is a

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former cross-country skier who competed from 1988 to 1998. He won two bronze medals in the 4 × 10 km relay at the

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(1992, 1994). Räsänen also won four 4 × 10 km relay medals at the

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with three silvers (1989, 1995, 1997) and a bronze (1991). He also won two FIS races at 10 km, one in 1994 and the other in 1995 (Both in Finland).

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

* 2 medals – (2 bronze)

World Championships

* 4 medals – (3 silver, 1 bronze)

World Cup

Season standings

Team podiums

* 1 victory – (1 ) * 10 podiums – (9 , 1 ) Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

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* * * 1966 births Living people People from Maaninka Cross-country skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Finnish male cross-country skiers Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic cross-country skiers of Finland Sportspeople from North Savo 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-XC-skiing-bio-stub