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).

Jari Räsänen

Personal information
Born	(1966-01-28) 28 January 1966 Maaninka, Finland
Sport
Country	Finland
Sport	Skiing
Club	Maaningan Mahti
World Cup career
Seasons	12 – (1986–1997)
Indiv. starts	50
Indiv. podiums	0
Team starts	14
Team podiums	10
Team wins	1
Overall titles	0 – (13th in 1994)
Discipline titles	0
Medal record Men's cross-country skiing Representing Finland Olympic Games 1992 Albertville 4 × 10 km relay 1994 Lillehammer 4 × 10 km relay World Championships 1989 Lahti 4 × 10 km relay 1995 Thunder Bay 4 × 10 km relay 1997 Trondheim 4 × 10 km relay 1991 Val di Fiemme 4 × 10 km relay Junior World Championships 1986 Lake Placid 4 × 10 km relay

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	—N/a	30	—N/a	—	—	8
1992	26	15	—N/a	19	—	31	Bronze
1994	28	12	—N/a	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	—N/a	—	5	—N/a	—	13	Silver
1991	25	—	—N/a	12	—N/a	17	26	Bronze
1993	27	21	—N/a	—N/a	24	18	DNF	4
1995	29	27	—N/a	—N/a	17	—	DNF	Silver
1997	31	—	—N/a	—N/a	—	19	—	Silver

World Cup

Season standings

Season	Age
		Overall	Long Distance	Sprint
1986	20	NC	—N/a	—N/a
1987	21	NC	—N/a	—N/a
1988	22	53	—N/a	—N/a
1989	23	27	—N/a	—N/a
1990	24	22	—N/a	—N/a
1991	25	43	—N/a	—N/a
1992	26	44	—N/a	—N/a
1993	27	38	—N/a	—N/a
1994	28	13	—N/a	—N/a
1995	29	46	—N/a	—N/a
1996	30	74	—N/a	—N/a
1997	31	80	NC	NC

Team podiums

• 1 victory – (1 RL)
• 10 podiums – (9 RL, 1 TS)

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[1]	2nd	Karvonen / Kirvesniemi / Ristanen
2	1990–91	15 February 1991	Val di Fiemme, Italy	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Championships[1]	3rd	Kuusisto / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä
3	1991–92	18 February 1992	Albertville, France	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	Olympic Games[1]	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[1]	3rd	Myllylä / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä
6		4 March 1994	Lahti, Finland	4 × 10 km Relay C	World Cup	1st	Repo / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä
7	1994–95	5 February 1995	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	2nd	Hartonen / Isometsä / Myllylä
8		17 March 1995	Thunder Bay, Canada	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Championships[1]	2nd	Hietamäki / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä
9	1996–97	18 January 1997	Lahti, Finland	12 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	2nd	Palolahti
10		28 February 1997	Trondheim, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Championships[1]	2nd	Kirvesniemi / Myllylä / Isometsä

Note: ¹ Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

External links

• Jari Raesaenen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Jari Räsänen at Olympics.com
• Jari Räsänen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)