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Kaisa Mäkäräinen
Finnish biathlete

Kaisa Mäkäräinen

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Finnish biathlete
A.K.A.
Kaisa-Leena Mäkäräinen
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Finland
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Athlete Biathlete Cross-country skier
Work field
Sports
Gender
Female
Birth
11 January 1983 People who share this birthday
Place of birth
Ristijärvi
Age
41 years
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Biography

Kaisa-Leena Mäkäräinen (born 11 January 1983) is a Finnish biathlete, who currently competes for Kontiolahden Urheilijat. Outside of sports, Mäkäräinen is currently studying to be a Physics teacher at the University of Eastern Finland in Joensuu. Her team coach is Jonne Kähkönen, while Jarmo Punkkinen is her ski coach and Asko Nuutinen her shooting coach.

Career

Kaisa Mäkäräinen (leading) Kontiolahti, Finland, 12 February 2012

Mäkäräinen was originally a cross-country skier and focused on this until the age of twenty. She started training for the biathlon in 2003. In 2004, she made the Finnish National Team. 2005 saw Mäkäräinen compete at the Biathlon World Championships for the first time. Her best placings in the Biathlon World Championships have occurred at the 2007 World Championships in Antholz-Anterselva, where she placed eighth in the individual 15  and seventh in the mass start events. At the 2008 Biathlon World Championships in Östersund, she was 15th in the mass start. During the 2007-08 Biathlon World Cup, she made it to the podium twice, the first time when she placed second in the sprint at Pokljuka, Slovenia and third in the pursuit at Ruhpolding, Germany. During the 2008–09 Biathlon World Cup, she has steadily risen in the rankings and on she placed second during the pursuit event and third in the mass start after Iourieva and Jonsson at Antholz.

Her best season so far has been the 2010-11 Biathlon World Cup. She made a strong start at the opening event in Östersund, where Mäkäräinen won her first ever World Cup victory in the sprint. Two days later she repeated her success by winning the pursuit, too. She showed her strong early-season form again in Hochfilzen and Pokljuka by reaching the podium in every single event.

Mäkäräinen's form fell somewhat after that as she managed to reach the podium only once in the next 12 starts. Despite this Mäkäräinen scored valuable points in every single race beside the mass start in Antholz. She entered the Biathlon World Championships 2011 in Khanty-Mansiysk in second place for the Overall World Cup (9 points behind Andrea Henkel), but regained the overall World Cup leader's yellow bib after taking the silver medal in the sprint. Mäkäräinen's flawless shooting and fourth-fastest course time secured her career-first gold medal in the pursuit the following day. Mäkäräinen became the second Finnish female to medal in biathlon and the first one to do it since 1987 when Tuija Vuoksiala placed third in the Biathlon World Championships 1987 individual. She is also the first Finnish biathlete to medal at the Biathlon World Championships since 2003, as eight years have passed since Paavo Puurunen's bronze in the Biathlon World Championships 2003 pursuit.

Despite her not-so-good performance in the individual competition and being tied for the overall lead by Helena Ekholm, Mäkäräinen managed to stay on top of the Overall World Cup classification until the very end of the season. In Holmenkollen she grabbed both the Overall and the Pursuit Titles. She was subsequently named the 2011 Finnish Sports Personality of the Year.

Mäkäräinen has also competed in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, and she finished 14th in the 10km freestyle event at the 2013 Nordic Skiing World Championships. She was also the 2013 Finnish national champion in the same event.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relay[a]
Canada 2010 Vancouver46th59th45th——N/A
Russia 2014 Sochi9th30th16th6th——
a. 1 The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

  • 5 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)
EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relay
Austria 2005 Hochfilzen49th73rd——18th—
Slovenia 2006 Pokljuka[a]N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A19th
Italy 2007 Antholz8th29th25th7th12th16th
Sweden 2008 Östersund31st55thDNS15th15th10th
South Korea 2009 Pyeongchang30th23rd4th17th—6th
Russia 2010 Khanty-Mansiysk[a]N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A18th
Russia 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk28thSilverGold4th10th9th
Germany 2012 Ruhpolding28th27th20thBronze18th16th
Czech Republic 2013 Nové Město8th9th10th17th21st19th
Finland 2015 KontiolahtiBronze35th12th15th17th9th
Norway 2016 Oslo19th9th7thBronze17th18th
a. 1 2 During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

Junior/Youth World Championships

EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay
France 2004 Haute-Maurienne23rd51st39th—

World Cup standings

SeasonOverallSprintPursuitIndividualMass start
RacesPoints[a]PositionRacesPoints[b]PositionRacesPoints[b]PositionRacesPoints[b]PositionRacesPoints[b]Position
2004–052/270N/A1/100N/A0/90N/A1/40N/A0/40N/A
2005–0615/261862nd9/101063rd5/8463rd1/3454th0/50N/A
2006–0722/2723027th8/106029th6/81647th3/4788th5/57416th
2007–0823/2638613th9/1017810th6/810815th3/31143rd5/58014th
2008–0924/2657714th9/1019217th7/717810th3/44727th5/51409th
2009–1022/2541822nd10/1020217th5/68428th3/42643rd4/510616th
2010–1126/2610051st10/103912nd7/73431st4/41316th5/51408th
2011–1226/2610074th10/104013rd8/83304th3/31162nd5/51875th
2012–1326/268345th10/103245th8/82555th3/31046th5/51715th
2013–1422/228611st9/93681st8/83501st2/23120th3/31303rd
2014–1525/2510442nd10/103642nd7/73481st3/31621st5/51935th
2015–1624/258924th9/93094th8/83244th3/3938th4/51794th
a. 1 Until 2009–10 season, IBU did not count an athlete's three worst races in overall World Cup scores. In 2010–11 season, all races were included in World Cup scores. Starting from 2011–12 season, the two worst results have been eliminated again. So the points in the "Points" column is represented after deduction, except 2010–11 season.
b. 1 2 3 4 Until 2009–10 season it was required to leave out the result of the worst discipline race for the final result of discipline world cup (if there were four discipline races or more during the season), so the points in the "Points" columns for those seasons is represented after deduction of the result of the worst discipline race.

Individual victories

  • 21 victories – (7 Sp, 10 Pu, 2 In, 2 MS)
No.SeasonDateLocationDisciplineLevel
12010/113 December 2010Sweden Östersund, Sweden7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
25 December 2010Sweden Östersund, Sweden10 km PursuitWorld Cup
36 March 2011Russia Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia10 km PursuitWorld Championships
42011/1211 January 2012Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic15 km IndividualWorld Cup
512 February 2012Finland Kontiolahti, Finland10 km PursuitWorld Cup
62013/148 March 2014Slovenia Pokljuka, Slovenia10 km PursuitWorld Cup
713 March 2014Finland Kontiolahti, Finland7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
815 March 2014Finland Kontiolahti, Finland7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
916 March 2014Finland Kontiolahti, Finland10 km PursuitWorld Cup
102014/157 December 2014Sweden Östersund, Sweden10 km PursuitWorld Cup
1112 December 2014Austria Hochfilzen, Austria7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
1214 December 2014Austria Hochfilzen, Austria10 km PursuitWorld Cup
1321 December 2014Slovenia Pokljuka, Slovenia12.5 km Mass StartWorld Cup
1412 February 2015Norway Holmenkollen, Norway15 km IndividualWorld Cup
1520 March 2015Russia Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
162015/166 December 2015Sweden Östersund, Sweden10 km PursuitWorld Cup
1720 December 2015Slovenia Pokljuka, Slovenia12.5 km Mass StartWorld Cup
1817 March 2016Russia Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
1919 March 2016Russia Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia10 km PursuitWorld Cup
202016/1714 January 2017Germany Ruhpolding, Germany7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
2115 January 2017Germany Ruhpolding, Germany10 km PursuitWorld Cup
* Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

Overall record

ResultIndividualSprintPursuitMass StartRelayMixed
 Relay[a]		Total
Individual EventsTeam Events All Events 
1st place27102––21–21
2nd place31292––26–26
3rd place1784––20–20
Podiums626278––67–67
Top 10155743265914114155
Points[b]27957148332224155296
Other71691[c]1[d]–33134
Starts341119049342227456330
a. 1 Includes mixed relay and single mixed relay, the event involves one male and one female biathlete each completing two legs consisting of one prone and one standing shoot.
b. 1 Until 2007–08 season, top-30 were awarded with World Cup points and biathlete got 50 points for the win. Starting from 2008–09 season another points system is applied in World Cup, top-40 are awarded with World Cup points and winner got 60 points. Results in "Points" row is represented according to the applied scoring system in corresponding season.
c. 1 Disqualified (DSQ).
d. 1 Did not finish the race (DNF).
* Statistics as of 15 January 2017.

Shooting

Shooting2004–05 season2005–06 season2006–07 season2007–08 season2008–09 season2009–10 season2010–11 season
Prone position17 / 2373.9%114 / 13783.2%163 / 19384.5%163 / 19484.0%185 / 21984.5%165 / 19982.9%212 / 24387.2%
Standing position10 / 2343.5%100 / 14071.4%147 / 19177.0%149 / 19178.0%175 / 21880.3%161 / 20478.9%201 / 24582.0%
Total27 / 4658.7%214 / 27777.3%310 / 38480.7%312 / 38581.0%360 / 43782.4%326 / 40380.9%413 / 48884.6%
Shooting2011–12 season2012–13 season2013–14 season2014–15 season2015–16 season2016–17 seasonCareer
Prone position191 / 23979.9%205 / 24683.3%212 / 23490.6%189 / 22384.8%198 / 23584.3%107 / 12486.3%2121 / 250984.5%
Standing position197 / 24082.1%176 / 25269.8%180 / 23377.3%182 / 22282.0%192 / 23382.4%94 / 12575.2%1964 / 251778.0%
Total388 / 47981.0%381 / 49876.5%392 / 46783.9%371 / 44583.4%390 / 46883.3%201 / 24980.7%4085 / 502681.3%
* Results in all IBU World Cup races, Olympics and World Championships including relay events and disqualified races. Statistics as of 15 January 2017.

Roller-ski biathlon

In the summer of 2007, Mäkäräinen won the world championship in roller-ski biathlon at Otepää in both the 7.5 km sprint and the 10 km pursuit.

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