Pekka Suorsa
Pekka Suorsa | |||||||||||
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Country | Finland | ||||||||||
Full name | Pekka Antero Suorsa | ||||||||||
Born | Kajaani, Finland | 8 December 1967||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||
World Cup career | |||||||||||
Seasons | 1984–1990 | ||||||||||
Individual wins | 2 | ||||||||||
Indiv. podiums | 5 | ||||||||||
Indiv. starts | 55 | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 10 February 2016. |
Pekka Antero Suorsa (born 8 December 1967) is a Finnish former ski jumper. He competed in the large hill event at the 1988 Winter Olympics.[1]
Career[]
He won a gold medal in the team large hill at the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf. Suorsa's earned two individual world cup career wins in 1985.
World Cup[]
Standings[]
Season | Overall | 4H |
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1983/84 | — | 36 |
1984/85 | — | 54 |
1985/86 | 5 | 19 |
1986/87 | 17 | 59 |
1987/88 | 34 | 44 |
1988/89 | 21 | 88 |
1989/90 | — | — |
Wins[]
No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
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1 | 1985/86 | 22 December 1985 | Chamonix | Le Mont K95 | NH |
2 | 30 December 1985 | Oberstdorf | Schattenbergschanze K115 | LH |
References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pekka Suorsa Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1967 births
- Living people
- People from Kajaani
- Finnish male ski jumpers
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
- Olympic ski jumpers of Finland
- Ski jumpers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Finnish ski jumping biography stubs