Mari Laukkanen

Mari Laukkanen (born 9 November 1987 in Eno ) is a Finnish biathlete and cross-country skier.

Biathlon

Mari Laukkanen, a student from Eno, operates since 1999 Biathlon and belongs since 2001 to the national team of Finland. The Finnish Junior biathlete of the season 2005/ 06 is trained by Tomi Kuutti and starts in biathlon for the Kontiolahden Urheilijat ( " Kontiolahti Sports Club" ) as well as cross-country skiing for Enon Kisa - Pojat. In 2005, she took in her native Finland, in Kontiolahti, for the first time at a World Youth Championship in part. Your best result it reached in fourth place when the season, in singles, the sprint and pursuit she came to placements 20 to 22 A year later, in Presque Isle she was in fourth place in the chase by rank 13 in the Sprint her best individual result at achieve a Junior World Championships. At the Junior Championship of the same year shortly thereafter in Langsdorf, she won the gold medal in this competition shape and also finished fifth in singles and eighth in the sprint. At the 2007 Junior World Championships in Martell she reached in the individual race results place between eleven and 13, with the season they finished fifth. Then allowed Laukkanen first time competing in a biathlon World Cup. In Antholz, the Finn could qualify as the 43 immediately for the pursuit race. With the women's relay Laukkanen was also 12th in the mixed relay 16

In the summer Laukkanen stepped in to the roller ski competitions of the World Cup in the summer biathlon and missed both in the sprint, as well as in the pursuit of fourth place twice narrowly precious metal. Since the 2007/ 08 season, the Finnish part of the team of their land for the Biathlon World Cup. She made her debut in Kontiolahti, where he was 79th in the sprint race. The last time she took part in Ruhpolding at a Junior World Championships. Also the fourth time missed the athlete as Fifth pursuing only just a medal. Her international breakthrough came Laukkanen could celebrate in Ostersund in the Biathlon World Championships 2008. As 34th in the sprint and 33 of the persecution they narrowly missed winning the first World Cup points. In the single reached rank 47, with the mixed relay, she was ten, and with the women's relay 15 The initial gain of World Cup points achieved the Finn at the World Cup finals at Holmenkollen in Oslo, where she reached the 26th place in the sprint. Mari Laukkanen took part in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Her best result was the 43rd place in the individual. Her breakthrough in the World Cup had Laukkanen in the season 2011 /12. Three times they placed themselves in the top 20, at Holmenkollen in Oslo, it reached an 14th place in a pursuit race after a 20th place in the sprint. In the Biathlon World Cup 2012/2013 they reached the sprint in Ruhpolding on January 11, 2013 their first top- 10 finish in the World Cup. In the 2013/2014 season, she was very hard-running from the start. In several races she reached maturity in the top ten on the tracks, by weakening the shooting but were often their results outside the points. After a ninth place in the sprint in Pokljuka Laukkanen surprised in the domestic Kontiolahti with a 3rd place in the sprint. With the eight best runtime and clean shooting, she reached her first podium finish in World Cup behind her teammate Kaisa Mäkäräinen and also faultless Russian Olga Saizewa.

Cross-country skiing

In addition to cross-country skiing and biathlon Laukkanen also operates since 2005 takes over again in competitions, usually unterklassigen racing series such as the Scandinavian Cup in part. In 2007 she took part in Tarvisio on their first Junior World Championships and finished on 5 -kilometer freestyle eleventh place. A year later she was in Lahti in a freestyle sprint her debut in the Cross Country World Cup and ran on the 23th Place. In the Finnish Championships 2009 in Jämijärvi she won the bronze medal in the freestyle sprint and finished fifth on 15 -kilometer classic. On 26 January 2010, she won the gold medal at the Nordic Junior World Championships in the sprint during the Biathlon World Cup 2013/2014 season they competed in several sprint race at the Cross Country World Cup, their best result was a 14th place in Lahti, Finland. At the Olympic Winter Games 2014, it also launched the sprint and reached the 15th place.

Placements in the Biathlon World Cup

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