Ville Nousiainen Explained

Ville Nousiainen
Fullname:Ville Antero Nousiainen
Birth Date:5 December 1983
Birth Place:Kouvola, Finland
Height:185cm (73inches)
Club:Kouvolan Hiihtoseura
Seasons:16 – (20032018)
Wins:0
Totalpodiums:2
Teamwins:0
Teampodiums:1
Individual Starts:169
Team Starts:19
Wcoveralls:0 – (17th in 2008)
Wctitles:0

Ville Nousiainen (born 5 December 1983, in Kouvola) is a Finnish cross-country skier who has been competing since 2002. He finished fifth in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.

Nousiainen won his first world championship medal, a bronze, in the team sprint event with Sami Jauhojärvi at Liberec in 2009. He then followed it with another bronze in the 4 × 10 km relay at the same championships.

First place victories include two 10 km FIS races and most recently two National Championships in Finland in 2010 (50 km, 19.8 km).

Ville Nousiainen was married to compatriot cross-country skier Mona-Liisa Nousiainen since 2015 until her death in 2019. They have one daughter together.[1]

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

 Year  Age  15 km 
 individual 
 30 km 
 skiathlon 
 50 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
22
26 10
30

World Championships

 Year   Age   15 km 
 individual 
 30 km 
 skiathlon 
 50 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
23 9
25 Bronze
27 5
29
31 5
33

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standings
OverallDistanceSprintNordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
Ski Tour
Canada
19
20
21
22 153 111
23 4431 23
24 17 10 55 19 10
25 139 86
26 3736 58 23 14
27 58 4252 34
28 83 60 94 44 28
29
30 4739 69 31 13 27
31 77 53 84 23
32 151 96 36
33 139 96
34 150 98

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1 2007–0815 December 2007 Rybinsk, Russia 30 km Mass Start F World Cup 2nd
2 9 February 2008 Otepää, Estonia 15 km Individual C World Cup 3rd

Team podiums

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kanerva . Juha . Kommentti: Mona-Liisa Nousiainen kykeni yhdistämään urheilun, musiikin ja perhe-elämän, kunnes kohtalo päätti toisin . Ilta-Sanomat . Sanoma Media Finland Oy . 10 January 2020 . Helsinki . fi . 31 July 2019.
  2. Web site: Athlete : NOUSIAINEN Ville . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 30 January 2018.