Ville Räikkönen (born 14 February 1972 in
Tuusula
Tuusula (; ) is a municipality in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Tuusula is situated in the centre of the Uusimaa region. The population of Tuusula is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, ...
) is a
Finnish former
biathlete. He is the second cousin of
2007 Formula One World Champion
Kimi Räikkönen
Kimi-Matias Räikkönen (; born 17 October 1979), nicknamed "the Iceman", is a Finnish racing driver who competed in Formula One between 2001 and 2021 for Sauber, McLaren, Ferrari, Lotus, and Alfa Romeo. Räikkönen won the 2007 Formula One ...
.
Career
*
Olympics
The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competit ...
*1998 - bronze medal on the sprint
References
IBU Profile
1972 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Tuusula
Finnish male biathletes
Olympic biathletes for Finland
Biathletes at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
Olympic medalists in biathlon
Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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