Tapio Räisänen

Tapio Räisänen
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
World Championships
1978 Lahti Individual large hill
Tapio Räisänen

Tapio Räisänen (born May 10, 1949 in Taivalkoski) is a Finnish former ski jumper who competed in the late 1970s. He won a gold medal in the individual large hill competition at the 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti and finished 6th in the normal hill at those same championships. Ski flying-WM 1977 in Vikersund 7th. Räisänen's best non-world championship career finish was 9th in a normal hill event at Bischofshofen, Austria in 1979, and 1st in Japan, Sapporo large hill 1980.

Finnish Minister for Education and the Ministry of Culture awarded 19.12.2012 for Tapio Räisänen Pro Sports Recognition Award for 20 000 euros major sports career.

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