Mika Myllylä

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Medal record
Men's cross country skiing
Olympic Games
Gold 1998 Nagano 30 km
Silver 1994 Lillehammer 50 km
Bronze 1994 Lillehammer 30 km
Bronze 1994 Lillehammer 4 x 10 km
Bronze 1998 Nagano 10 km
Bronze 1998 Nagano 4 x 10 km
World Championships
Gold 1997 Trondheim 50 km
Gold 1999 Ramsau 10 km
Gold 1999 Ramsau 30 km
Gold 1999 Ramsau 50 km
Silver 1997 Trondheim 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit
Silver 1997 Trondheim 4 x 10 km
Silver 1999 Ramsau 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit
Bronze 1995 Thunder Bay 10 km
Bronze 1997 Trondheim 10 km
Disqualified 2001 Lahti 4 x 10 km

Mika Myllylä (born September 12, 1969 in Haapajärvi). is a former Finnish cross country skier who competed from 1992 to 2005. He won six medals at the Winter Olympics, earning one gold (1998: 30 km), one silver (1994: 50 km), and four bronzes (1994: 30 km, 4 x 10 km; 1998: 10 km, 4 x 10 km).

Myllylä also won a total of nine medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, winning four golds (1997: 50 km, 1999: 10 km, 30 km, 50 km), three silvers (10 km + 15 km combined pursuit: 1997, 1999; 4 x 10 km relay: 1997), and two bronzes (10 km: 1995, 1997).

He was also involved in the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships doping scandal that would affect five other Finnish skiers for taking hydroyethyl starch (HES), a blood plasma expander. Myllylä would receive a two year suspension from the FIS as a result.

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