Sami Jauhojärvi (born 5 May 1981) is a Finnish former

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

who competed between 2000 and 2017. At the

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, he won men's team sprint with

Iivo Niskanen Iivo Henrik Niskanen (born 12 January 1992) is a Finnish cross-country skier who has competed in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup since 2011. He is a three-time Olympic champion. Career Iivo Niskanen made his individual World Cup debut on 12 Marc ...

. Germany launched a protest over the result due to a final-leg collision between Jauhojärvi and

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, but it was rejected by the jury. Jauhojärvi's Finland finished fifth in the 4 x 10 km relay in

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. Jauhojärvi won his first medal at the

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with a bronze in the team sprint with

Ville Nousiainen Ville Nousiainen (born 5 December 1983, in Kouvola) is a Finnish cross-country skier who has been competing since 2002. He finished fifth in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. Nousiainen won his first wor ...

, and then added a second in the 4 × 10 km relay. Jauhojärvi has won one World Cup race; in Trondheim 2009 he won the 50 km classic mass start competition.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

* 1 medal – (1 gold)

World Championships

* 3 medals – (3 bronze)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*1 victory – (1 ) *9 podiums – (6 , 3 )

Team podiums

*2 podiums – (1 , 1 )

Awards

Finnish Sports Personality of the Year The Finnish Athlete of the Year, Sportspersonality of the Year is chosen annually since 1947 by the national sports journalism, sports journalists. In addition, the best female athlete was nominated each year until 2009. Winners Men Women ...

: 2014 (shared with

)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jauhojarvi, Sami 1981 births Living people People from Ylitornio Finnish male cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic cross-country skiers of Finland Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Tour de Ski skiers Sportspeople from Lapland (Finland)