Ville Räikkönen

Ville Raikkonen ( born February 14, 1972 in Tuusula ) is a former Finnish biathlete.

Career

Raikkonen took part for the first time in 1993 at Biathlon World Championships. From the season 1994/1995 he start regularly at world cup events. Here he errung to the 1997/1998 season a total of nine times a rank among the top 10, his best result was 4th place in 1997 Pokljuka. His best competition finally made ​​Raikkonen at the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, where he shot clean in the sprint race and in the end won the bronze medal. Raikkonen won the 1999 World Cup in Ruhpolding his single race. After the success of the Finns presented and it reached only once a top 10 ranking in a World Cup race. After the 2001/2002 and further participation in the Olympic Winter Games Season Raikkonen ended his career. Raikkonen's best result in the World Cup was number 22, which he achieved in 1995 and 1998.

Balance sheet in the World Cup

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including hosting the Olympic Games and World Championships ).

Weblink

• Ville Raikkonen in the database of IBU (English)

• Biathlete (Finland )
• Olympian (Finland )
• Born in 1972
• Man