Kari Ristanen | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Tampere, Finland | 27 July 1958||||||||||||||||||||
Ski club | Tampereen Poliisi-Urheilijat | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup career | |||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 9 – (1982–1990) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Indiv. starts | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Indiv. podiums | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Indiv. wins | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Team starts | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Team podiums | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Team wins | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (10th in 1987, 1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kari Ristanen (born 27 July 1958) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed during the 1980s. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.
Ristanen also won a silver in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti.
His best individual finish was second twice in the World Cup (1985, 1986).