Mika Antero Laitinen (born 5 April 1973) is Finnish former

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...

who competed from 1990 to 2000.

Career

He won a gold medal in the Team large hill competition at the 1992 Winter Olympics in

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. His biggest successes were at the

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship e ...

, 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

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World Cup

Standings

Wins

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* * 1973 births Living people People from Kuopio Finnish male ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Finland Olympic ski jumpers of Finland Sportspeople from North Savo 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-skijumping-bio-stub