Kari Härkönen
Finnish cross-country skier
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Country | Finland | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1959-07-16) 16 July 1959 (age 64) Ristijärvi, Finland | |||||||||||||||||
World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 5 – (1982–1986) | |||||||||||||||||
Starts | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Wins | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (7th in 1985) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
Härkönen also finished 13th in the 15 km event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.[1]
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]
Olympic Games
Year | Age | 15 km | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
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1980 | 20 | 19 | — | — | — |
1984 | 24 | 13 | — | — | — |
World Championships
- 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)
Year | Age | 15 km | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
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1982 | 22 | — | 12 | — | Bronze |
1985 | 25 | Gold | 5 | 4 | 4 |
World Cup
Season standings
Season | Age | Overall |
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1982 | 22 | 41 |
1983 | 23 | 41 |
1984 | 24 | 27 |
1985 | 25 | 7 |
1986 | 26 | NC |
Individual podiums
- 1 victory
- 2 podiums
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
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1 | 1984–85 | 9 December 1984 | Cogne, Italy | 15 km Individual | World Cup | 2nd |
2 | 22 January 1985 | Seefeld, Austria | 15 km Individual | World Championships[1] | 1st |
Team podiums
- 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
- ^ 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.
External links
- Kari Haerkoenen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
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- 1925: Otakar Německý (TCH)
- 1927: John Lindgren (SWE)
- 1929: Veli Saarinen (FIN - 17 km)
- 1930: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR - 17 km)
- 1931: Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR)
- 1933: Nils-Joel Englund (SWE)
- 1934: Sulo Nurmela (FIN)
- 1935: Klaes Karppinen (FIN)
- 1937: Lars Bergendahl (NOR)
- 1938: Pauli Pitkänen (FIN)
- 1939: Jussi Kurikkala (FIN)
- 1950: Karl-Erik Åström (SWE)
- 1954: Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)
- 1958: Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)
- 1962: Assar Rönnlund (SWE)
- 1966: Gjermund Eggen (NOR)
- 1970: Lars-Göran Åslund (SWE)
- 1974: Magne Myrmo (NOR)
- 1978: Józef Łuszczek (POL)
- 1982: Oddvar Brå (NOR)
- 1985: Kari Härkönen (FIN)
- 1987: Marco Albarello (ITA)
- 1989 freestyle: Gunde Svan (SWE)
- 1989 classical: Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN)
- 1991: Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
- 2001: Per Elofsson (SWE)
- 2003: Axel Teichmann (GER)
- 2005: Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA)
- 2007: Lars Berger (NOR)
- 2009: Andrus Veerpalu (EST)
- 2011: Matti Heikkinen (FIN)
- 2013: Petter Northug (NOR)
- 2015: Johan Olsson (SWE)
- 2017: Iivo Niskanen (FIN)
- 2019: Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR)
- 2021: Hans Christer Holund (NOR)
- 2023: Simen Hegstad Krüger (NOR)