Mika Kuisma (1967 – 11 January 1995) was a

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orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a s ...

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. He died in a car crash. He finished 3rd overall in the

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in 1994, behind winner Petter Thoresen and

Janne Salmi Janne Juhani Salmi (born 17 April 1969) is a Finnish orienteering competitor, winner of the 1997 World Orienteering Championships, Short distance. World champion Relay 2001, silver medal 1995, 1997 and 1999. Married to Swiss orienteer Vroni Kö ...

.World Cup 1994
– ''IOF'' (Retrieved on 20 June 2008) He finished 25th in the World Cup 1992. He competed at the 1991

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in Marianske Lazne, where he finished 8th in the ''short course'', and 17th in the ''classic distance''. At the 1993

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, he received a

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in ''

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'' with the

team, and finished 19th in the ''classic distance''.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on June 20, 2008)

References

1967 births 1995 deaths Finnish orienteers Male orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Finland-orienteering-bio-stub