Jari Räsänen

Jari Räsänen (born 28 January 1966) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed from 1988 to 1998. He won two bronze medals in the 4 × 10 km relay at the Winter Olympics (1992, 1994).

Räsänen also won four 4 × 10 km relay medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three silvers (1989, 1995, 1997) and a bronze (1991). He also won two FIS races at 10 km, one in 1994 and the other in 1995 (Both in Finland).

Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games 2 medals – (2 bronze) Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km 50 km 4 × 10 km relay 1988 22 30 — — 8 1992 26 15 19 — 31 Bronze 1994 28 12 6 11 — Bronze

World Championships 4 medals – (3 silver, 1 bronze) Year Age 10 km 15 km classical 15 km freestyle Pursuit 30 km 50 km 4 × 10 km relay 1989 23 — 5 —13Silver 1991 25 — 12 17 26 Bronze 1993 27 21 24 18 DNF 4 1995 29 27 17 — DNF Silver 1997 31 — — 19 —Silver

World Cup Season standings Season Age OverallLong DistanceSprint 1986 20 1987 21 1988 22 53 1989 23 27 1990 24 22 1991 25 43 1992 26 44 1993 27 38 1994 28 13 1995 29 46 1996 30 74 1997 31 80

Team podiums 1 victory – (1 ) 10 podiums – (9 , 1 ) No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)1 1988–89 24 February 1989 Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Championships 2nd Karvonen / Kirvesniemi / Ristanen 2 1990–91 15 February 1991 Val di Fiemme, Italy 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Championships 3rd Kuusisto / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä 3 1991–92 18 February 1992 Albertville, France 4 × 10 km Relay C/F Olympic Games 3rd Kuusisto / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä 4 28 February 1992 Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 3rd Myllylä / Hartonen / Isometsä 5 1993–94 22 February 1994 Lillehammer, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C/F Olympic Games 3rd Myllylä / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä6 4 March 1994 Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 1st Repo / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä7 1994–95 5 February 1995 Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 2nd Hartonen / Isometsä / Myllylä8 17 March 1995 Thunder Bay, Canada 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Championships 2nd Hietamäki / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä9 1996–97 18 January 1997 Lahti, Finland 12 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Palolahti10 28 February 1997 Trondheim, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Championships 2nd Kirvesniemi / Myllylä / Isometsä

Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.