Ville Nousiainen
Ville Nousiainen | ||||||||||||||||
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Ville Nousiainen, Tour de Ski 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
Full name | Ville Antero Nousiainen | |||||||||||||||
Born |
Kouvola, Finland | 5 December 1983|||||||||||||||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||
Professional information | ||||||||||||||||
Club | Kouvolan Hiihtoseura | |||||||||||||||
Skis | Peltonen | |||||||||||||||
World Cup | ||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 2003- | |||||||||||||||
Wins | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Additional podiums | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Total podiums | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ville Nousiainen (born December 5, 1983 in Kouvola) is a Finnish cross country skier who has been competing since 2002. He finished fifth in the 4 x 10 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Nousiainen won his first world championship medal with a bronze in the team sprint event with Sami Jauhojärvi at Liberec in 2009. He then followed it with another bronze in the 4 x 10 km event at those same championships.
First place victories include two 10 km FIS races and most recently 2 National Championships in Finland in 2010 (50 km, 19.8 km).