Lasse Paakkonen

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Lasse Paakkonen
Country Finland
Born (1986-07-08) 8 July 1986 (age 37)
Raahe, Finland
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Ski clubPyhäjärven Pohti
World Cup career
Seasons9 – (20092017)
Starts41
Podiums0
Overall titles0 – (70th in 2010)
Discipline titles0

Lasse Paakkonen (born 8 July 1986 in Raahe) is a Finnish cross-country skier who has been competing since he was seven years old. He finished tenth in the team sprint event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Paakkonen's best World Cup finish was 15th in an individual sprint event at Germany in 2009. Although concentrating in the sprint event, he has also won National Championship medals in long-distance events.

Lasse Paakkonen lives in Jyväskylä, Finland. He studies in the University of Jyväskylä School of Business with Marketing as his major.

Cross-country skiing results[edit]

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

Olympic Games[edit]

 Year   Age   15 km 
 individual 
 30 km 
 skiathlon 
 50 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2010 23 10

World Cup[edit]

Season standings[edit]

 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
Ski Tour
Canada
2009 22 147 85
2010 23 70 NC 28
2011 24 106 NC 59 DNF
2012 25 95 NC 47 DNF
2013 26 NC NC
2014 27 NC NC
2015 28 147 NC 90
2016 29 111 NC 70 80
2017 30 140 75

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Athlete : Lasse PAAKKONEN". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

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