Mika Laitinen
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's ski jumping | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 1992 Albertville | Team large hill |
| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 1995 Thunder Bay | Team large hill |
| Gold | 1997 Trondheim | Team large hill |
| Bronze | 1995 Thunder Bay | Individual normal hill |
Mika Antero Laitinen (born April 5, 1973 in Kuopio) is Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1990 to 2000. 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 World Cup season 1995–96 Laitinen dominated the first part of the season and won 6 of the ten legs, until he fell and injured himself in the practice jump in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
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