Kari Ristanen | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tampere, Finland | 27 July 1958||||||||||||||||||||
Ski club | Tampereen Poliisi-Urheilijat | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup career | |||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 9 – ( 1982– 1990) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Starts | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (10th in 1987, 1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kari Ristanen (born 27 July 1958) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed during the 1980s. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.
Ristanen also won a silver in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti.
His best individual finish was second twice in the World Cup (1985, 1986).
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). [1]
Year | Age | 15 km | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
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1984 | 25 | — | 17 | 15 | Bronze |
1988 | 29 | — | 27 | 7 | 8 |
Year | Age | 15 km classical |
15 km freestyle |
30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
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1987 | 28 | — | — | 10 | 5 | 6 |
1989 | 30 | — | 11 | — | 16 | Silver |
Season | Age | Overall |
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1982 | 23 | 32 |
1983 | 24 | 21 |
1984 | 25 | 24 |
1985 | 26 | 43 |
1986 | 27 | 11 |
1987 | 28 | 10 |
1988 | 29 | 10 |
1989 | 30 | 22 |
1990 | 31 | NC |
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
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1 | 1985–86 | 14 December 1985 | Biwabik, United States | 30 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd |
2 | 1986–87 | 10 December 1986 | Ramsau, Austria | 15 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd |
3 | 1987–88 | 12 March 1988 | Falun, Sweden | 30 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammates |
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1 | 1983–84 | 16 February 1984 | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia | 4 × 10 km Relay | Olympic Games [1] | 3rd | Mieto / Kirvesniemi / Karvonen |
2 | 1985–86 | 9 March 1986 | Falun, Sweden | 4 × 10 km Relay F | World Cup | 3rd | Hynninen / Karvonen / Kirvesniemi |
3 | 1986–87 | 19 March 1987 | Oslo, Norway | 4 × 10 km Relay C | World Cup | 2nd | Laukkanen / Kirvesniemi / Karvonen |
4 | 1988–89 | 24 February 1989 | Lahti, Finland | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Championships [1] | 2nd | Karvonen / Kirvesniemi / Räsänen |
Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.