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

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Career

Jussilainen's career best achievement was a silver medal in the team large hill competition at the

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. At

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level he won two individual and seven team competitions (normal hill, large hill and

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) 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

competitions, an

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medal and three

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medals.. Retrieved 2015-12-27.

World Cup

Standings

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References

1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Jyväskylä Ski jumpers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Finnish male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers of Finland Olympic silver medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics 21st-century Finnish people {{Finland-skijumping-bio-stub