Sami Jauhojärvi (born 5 May 1981) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed between 2000 and 2017. At the

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, he won men's team sprint with Iivo Niskanen. Germany launched a protest over the result due to a final-leg collision between Jauhojärvi and Tim Tscharnke, 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 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in

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with a bronze in the team sprint with Ville Nousiainen, 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. He was the 2001 Junior World Ski Champion in the 30 km freestyle at Karpacz.

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: 2014 (shared with Iivo Niskanen)

References

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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 for 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 Skiers from Lapland (Finland) 21st-century Finnish sportsmen