Kari Härkönen (born 16 July 1959) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed during the early 1980s. He won two medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 15 km in 1985 and a bronze in the 4 × 10 km relay (1982, shared with East Germany). He was born in Ristijärvi.
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| Born | 16 July 1959 Ristijärvi, Finland | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Finland | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skiing | |||||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 5 – (1982–1986) | |||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. wins | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Team podiums | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Team wins | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (7th in 1985) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Härkönen also finished 13th in the 15 km event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.[1]
Cross-country skiing results
editAll results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]
Olympic Games
editWorld Championships
editWorld Cup
editSeason standings
editIndividual podiums
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Team podiums
edit- 1 podium
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammates |
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| 1 | 1981–82 | 25 February 1982 |  Oslo, Norway | 4 × 10 km Relay | World Championships[1] | 3rd | Karvonen / Kirvesniemi / Mieto |
Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
References
edit- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kari Härkönen Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ↑ "Athlete : HAERKOENEN Kari". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 April 2018.