Mika Laitinen

Mika Antero Laitinen (born 5 April 1973) is a Finnish former ski jumper who competed from 1990 to 2000.

Career He won a gold medal in the Team large hill competition at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville.

His biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where he won three medals, including two golds in the Team large hill event (1995, 1997) and a bronze in the Individual normal hill (1995).

In the 1995/96 World Cup season, Laitinen dominated the first part of the season and won five of the nine events, until he fell and injured himself during a practice jump in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

World Cup

Standings Season Overall1989/90 — — N/A N/A N/A1990/91 — — — N/A N/A1991/92 49 — — N/A N/A1992/93 — — — N/A N/A1994/95 9 11 6 N/A N/A 1995/96 6 49 15 N/A 61996/97 14 7 39 69 121997/98 26 21 30 15 251998/99 33 24 32 31 321999/00 25 17 — 24 22

Wins No. Season Date Location Hill Size1 1995/96 2 December 1995 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken K90 (night) NH2 10 December 1995 Planica Bloudkova velikanka K120 LH3 12 December 1995 Predazzo Trampolino dal Ben K90 NH4 28 December 1995 Oberhof Hans-Renner-Schanze K120 LH5 30 December 1995 Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze K115 LH