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Sami Repo

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Sami Repo
Country Finland
Born (1971-11-08) November 8, 1971 (age 52)
Simpele, Finland
Ski clubJoensuun Kataja
World Cup career
Seasons13 – (19922004)
Starts100
Podiums3
Wins0
Overall titles0 – (15th in 1997)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Nagano 4 × 10 km relay
World Championships
Disqualified 2001 Lahti 4 × 10 km relay[1]
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Reit im Winkl 10 km classical

Sami Repo (born 8 November 1971 in Simpele) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed from 1992 to 2004. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. Repo's best individual finish also happened at Nagano with an 18th in the 10 km.

Repo's best finish at the Nordic skiing World Championships was 11th in the 10 km and the 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit events (both in 1999). He also won four FIS World Cup races in Finland as well (1993, 1995, 1997, 1998).

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

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  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   50 km   Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1994 22 37
1998 26 18 20 34 Bronze
2002 30 31 40 21 11

World Championships

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 Year   Age   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   50 km   Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1995 23 43
1997 25 19 13
1999 27 62 36 5
2001 29 11 11 DSQ
2003 31 42 25 6

World Cup

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Season standings

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 Season   Age 
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint
1992 20 NC
1993 21 NC
1994 22 56
1995 23 36
1996 24 17
1997 25 15 25 9
1998 26 37 32 37
1999 27 30 57 28
2000 28 17 34 12 24
2001 29 23
2002 30 46 74
2003 31 73
2004 32 151 112

Individual podiums

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  • 3 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 1995–96 26 November 1995 Finland Vuokatti, Finland 10 km Individual Start C World Cup 3rd
2 1998–99 28 November 1998 Finland Muonio, Finland 10 km Individual Start C World Cup 3rd
3 2000–01 29 November 2000 Norway Beitostølen, Norway 10 km Individual Start F World Cup 2nd

Team podiums

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  • 7 wins – (7 RL)
  • 16 podiums – (15 RL, 1 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
1 1992–93 5 March 1993 Finland Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 3rd Kuusisto / Hauta-Aho / Alakärppä
2 1993–94 4 March 1994 Finland Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 1st Kirvesniemi / Isometsä / Räsänen
3  1994–95  18 December 1994 Italy Sappada, Italy 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 2nd Hartonen / Isometsä / Myllylä
4 12 February 1995 Norway Oslo, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Hietamäki / Kirvesniemi / Kuusisto
5 26 March 1995 Japan Sapporo, Japan 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Kuusisto / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä
6 1995–96 10 December 1995 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 1st Hietamäki / Myllylä / Isometsä
7 14 January 1996 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 1st Myllylä / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä
8 17 March 1996 Norway Oslo, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay F World Cup 3rd Palolahti / Vuorenmaa / Isometsä
9 1996–97 24 November 1996 Sweden Kiruna, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 1st Kirvesniemi / Myllylä / Isometsä
10 8 December 1996 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 1st Isometsä / Kirvesniemi / Myllylä
11  1997–98  23 November 1997 Norway Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 2nd Isometsä / Kirvesniemi / Taipale
12 6 March 1998 Finland Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Kirvesniemi / Myllylä / Isometsä
13  1998–99  14 March 1999 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Immonen / Kirvesniemi / Myllylä
14 1999–00 5 March 2000 Finland Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Immonen / Kirvesniemi / Kattilakoski
15  2000–01  26 November 2000 Norway Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Immonen / Kirvesniemi / Myllylä
16 2002–03 13 December 2002 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F World Cup 3rd Kattilakoski

References

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  1. ^ The team was disqualified as all the other team members tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
  2. ^ "Athlete : REPO Sami". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
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