Mika Laitinen
{{short description|Finnish ski jumper}}
{{Infobox skier
| name = Mika Laitinen
| image =
| nationality = {{FIN}}
| fullname = Mika Antero Laitinen
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|4|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kuopio, Finland
| height = 185 cm
| personalbest = 189 m (620 ft)
Harrachov, 9 March 1996
| seasons = 1990–1993
1995–2000
| wins = 5
| teamwins = 4
| additionalpodiums = 6
| totalpodiums = 11
| teampodiums = 4
| events_in_yellow = 7
| individual_starts = 144
| team_starts = 5
| updated = 10 February 2016
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport |Men's ski jumping}}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}
{{MedalGold |1992 Albertville |Team LH}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIS Nordic World Ski Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1995 Thunder Bay|Team LH}}
{{MedalGold|1997 Trondheim|Team LH}}
{{MedalBronze|1995 Thunder Bay|Individual NH}}
}}
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 =
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:86%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;"| Season ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:55px;"|Overall ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:55px;"|{{Abbr|4H|Four Hills Tournament}} ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:55px;"|{{Abbr|SF|Ski flying}} ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:55px;"|{{Abbr|NT|Nordic Tournament}} ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:55px;"|{{Abbr|JP|Ski Jumping (JP) Cup}} |
| scope=row align=center|1989/90
| align=center| — || align=center| — || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A |
|---|
| scope=row align=center|1990/91
| align=center| — || align=center| — || align=center| — || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A |
| scope=row align=center|1991/92
| align=center|49 || align=center| — || align=center| — || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A |
| scope=row align=center|1992/93
| align=center| — || align=center| — || align=center| — || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A |
| scope=row align=center|1994/95
| align=center|9 || align=center|11 || align=center|6 || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A |
| scope=row align=center|1995/96
| align=center|6 || align=center|49 || align=center|15 || align=center|N/A || align=center|6 |
| scope=row align=center|1996/97
| align=center|14 || align=center|7 || align=center|39 || align=center|69 || align=center|12 |
| scope=row align=center|1997/98
| align=center|26 || align=center|21 || align=center|30 || align=center|15 || align=center|25 |
| scope=row align=center|1998/99
| align=center|33 || align=center|24 || align=center|32 || align=center|31 || align=center|32 |
| scope=row align=center|1999/00
| align=center|25 || align=center|17 || align=center| — || align=center|24 || align=center|22 |
= Wins =
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:86%; line-height:15px; text-align:left; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;" |
| style="background:#efefef;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:10px;"| No. ! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:30px;"| Season ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:105px;"| Date ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:100px;"| Location ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:169px;"| Hill ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:25px;"| Size |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|1
| align=center rowspan=5|1995/96 || align=right|2 December 1995 || {{flagicon|NOR}} Lillehammer || Lysgårdsbakken K90 (night) || align=center|NH |
|---|
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|2
| align=right|10 December 1995 || {{flagicon|SLO}} Planica || Bloudkova velikanka K120 || align=center|LH |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|3
| align=right|12 December 1995 || {{flagicon|ITA}} Predazzo || Trampolino dal Ben K90 || align=center|NH |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|4
| align=right|28 December 1995 || {{flagicon|GER}} Oberhof || Hans-Renner-Schanze K120 || align=center|LH |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|5
| align=right|30 December 1995 || {{flagicon|GER}} Oberstdorf || Schattenbergschanze K115 || align=center|LH |
External links
- {{FIS ski jumper|33566}}
- {{SR/Olympics|la/mika-laitinen-1}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions SJ Team LH Men}}
{{Footer World Champions SJ Team LH Men}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Laitinen, Mika}}
Category:Sportspeople from Kuopio
Category:Skiers from North Savo
Category:Finnish male ski jumpers
Category:Ski jumpers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Category:Ski jumpers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in ski jumping
Category:FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
Category:Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Finland
Category:Olympic ski jumpers for Finland
Category:20th-century Finnish people
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