Sami Jauhojärvi

Finnish cross-country skier

Sami Jauhojärvi (born 5 May 1981) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed between 2000 and 2017. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, he won men's team sprint with Iivo Niskanen. Germany launched a protest over the result due to a final-leg collision between Jauhojärvi and Tim Tscharnke, but it was rejected by the jury.^[1] Jauhojärvi's Finland finished fifth in the 4 x 10 km relay in Vancouver in 2010.

Jauhojärvi won his first medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec with a bronze in the team sprint with Ville Nousiainen, and then added a second in the 4 × 10 km relay. Jauhojärvi has won one World Cup race; in Trondheim 2009 he won the 50 km classic mass start competition.

He was the 2001 Junior World Ski Champion in the 30 km freestyle at Karpacz.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).^[2]

Olympic Games

• 1 medal – (1 gold)

World Championships

• 3 medals – (3 bronze)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

• 1 victory – (1 WC)
• 9 podiums – (6 WC, 3 SWC)

Team podiums

• 2 podiums – (1 RL, 1 TS)

Awards

• Finnish Sports Personality of the Year: 2014 (shared with Iivo Niskanen)

References

1. Rogovitskiy, Dmitriy (19 February 2014). "Norway women win, Finns cross first in men's race". Reuters. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
2. "Athlete : JAUHOJAERVI Sami". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

External links

• Sami Jauhojaervi at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Sami Jauhojaervi at Olympics.com
• Sami Jauhojärvi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)