Risto Jussilainen

Risto Jussilainen
Personal information
Full name Risto Kalevi Jussilainen
Born 10 June 1975
Jyväskylä, Finland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Professional information
Personal best 224.5 m (737 ft)
Planica, 20 Mar 2005
World Cup
Seasons 1993–1995
1997
1999–2003
2005–2007
Wins 2 (+7 Team)
Additional podiums 14 (+5 Team)
Total podiums 16 (+12 Team)
Updated on 30 March 2015.

Risto Kalevi Jussilainen (born 10 June 1975) is a Finnish former ski jumper.

Career

His career best achievement was a silver medal in the team large hill event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. In Jussilainen's World Cup career he won two individual events, as well as seven team events (normal hill, large hill, and ski flying) between 2000 and 2002. He also won silver medals in both team events (normal and large hills) at the 2001 Nordic skiing World Championships.

World Cup

Standings

Season Overall SF JP 4H NT
1992–93 – – N/A – N/A
1993–94 84 – N/A 38 N/A
1994–95 54 20 N/A – N/A
1996–97 63 45 60 – –
1998–99 43 25 45 37 28
1999–00 8 28 8 14 11
2000–01 3rd 3rd N/A 7 4
2001–02 10 N/A N/A 8 8
2002–03 69 N/A N/A 47 49
2004–05 12 N/A N/A 25 23
2005–06 30 N/A N/A 67 35
2006–07 – N/A N/A – –

Wins

No. Season Date Place Hill Size
1 2000–01 3 Mar 2001 Germany Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K-185 FH
2 2001–02 24 Nov 2001 Finland Kuopio Puijo K-120 (night) LH

References