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Mika Myllylä

1969 - 2011

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Mika Kristian Myllylä (12 September 1969 – 5 July 2011) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed from 1992 to 2005. He won six medals at the Winter Olympics, earning one gold (1998: 30 km), one silver (1994: 50 km), and four bronzes (1994: 30 km, 4 × 10 km; 1998: 10 km, 4 × 10 km). Myllylä also won a total of nine medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, winning four golds (1997: 50 km, 1999: 10 km, 30 km, 50 km), three silvers (10 km + 15 km combined pursuit: 1997, 1999; 4 × 10 km relay: 1997), and two bronzes (10 km: 1995, 1997). He was on his way to become one of the greatest stars in cross-country skiing history, until he was caught doping in the Finnish 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships scandal for taking hydroxyethyl starch (HES), a blood plasma expander usually used to cover up the use of erythropoietin (EPO) in athletes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Mika Myllylä is the 173rd most popular skier (up from 245th in 2024), the 417th most popular biography from Finland (up from 471st in 2019) and the 21st most popular Finnish Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Mika Myllylä ranks 173 out of 817. Before him are Annemarie Buchner, Maria Walliser, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, Petter Northug, Wojciech Fortuna, and Peter Müller. After him are Kazuyoshi Funaki, Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Seiji Aochi, Traudl Hecher, Thomas Alsgaard, and Väinö Huhtala.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Mika Myllylä ranks 408. Before him are Lotay Tshering, Joyce DiDonato, Hany Ramzy, Richard Speight Jr., Suzanne Clément, and Luís Oliveira. After him are Eduardo Berizzo, Martín Vázquez, Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Nino Salukvadze, Acun Ilıcalı, and Olivia d'Abo. Among people deceased in 2011, Mika Myllylä ranks 426. Before him are Mick Karn, G. D. Spradlin, Günther Bechem, John M. Lounge, David Bedford, and Sylvia Robinson. After him are Gennady Logofet, Albertina Sisulu, Jerry Lawson, Kurt Lundquist, Zbigniew Jaremski, and Shrilal Shukla.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Mika Myllylä ranks 417 out of 751. Before him are Saku Koivu (1974), Aarne Pohjonen (1886), Marjatta Kajosmaa (1938), Jan-Erik Enestam (1947), Ilkka Hanski (1953), and Monika Fagerholm (1961). After him are Harry Siljander (1922), Ari-Pekka Nikkola (1969), Kari Hotakainen (1957), Karita Mattila (1960), Väinö Huhtala (1935), and Sam Lake (1970).

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Among SKIERS In Finland

Among skiers born in Finland, Mika Myllylä ranks 21. Before him are Matti Lähde (1911), Niilo Halonen (1940), Toni Nieminen (1975), Rauno Miettinen (1949), Jari Puikkonen (1959), and Helena Takalo (1947). After him are Ari-Pekka Nikkola (1969), Väinö Huhtala (1935), Tuomo Ylipulli (1965), Risto Laakkonen (1967), Jani Soininen (1972), and Matti Hautamäki (1981).

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