Vesa Hietalahti

Vesa Tapio Hietalahti (born 27 September 1969) is a Finnish former biathlete

Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 1992 Albertville 6th 17th 8th 1994 Lillehammer 68th 52nd 5th 1998 Nagano DNF — — 2002 Salt Lake City 19th 25th 22nd 12th Pursuit was added as an event in 2002.

World Championships 1 medal (1 silver) EventIndividualSprintPursuitTeamRelay 30th — 12th 6th 49th 43rd — 7th — 44th — 15th 27th 31st — 10th 1996 Ruhpolding 39th 18th 8th 6th 1997 Brezno-Osrblie 48th 49th — 6th 7th 1999 Kontiolahti 20th 56th 42nd — 6th 2000 Oslo Holmenkollen 13th 22nd 19th 22nd 15th 2001 Pokljuka 27th 59th 44th — 5th 2002 Oslo Holmenkollen 15th 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk Silver 28th 25th 15th 11th 2004 Oberhof 45th 23rd 29th — 16th 2005 Hochfilzen 7th 27th 29th 24th 12th — During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program. Team was removed as an event in 1998, and pursuit was added in 1997 with mass start being added in 1999 and the mixed relay in 2005.

Individual victories 3 victories (2 In, 1 MS) Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.