Mikko Kokslien
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Mikko Kokslien (born 10 March 1985) is a Norwegian
Nordic combined
skier.
He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec
and earned his best individual finish of 13th in the 10 km individual large hill at those same championships.
At the 2010 Winter Olympics
in Vancouver
, Kokslien finished 32nd in the 10 km individual normal hill and 39th in the individual large hill event.
His best World Cup finish was third in a 10 km individual normal hill event in Norway
in 2009.
His mother is a Finn (from Lahti
) and Mikko speaks Finnish
fluently. He represents the club Søre Ål IL
.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
Nordic combined
Nordic combined
The Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping.- History :While Norwegian soldiers are known to have been competing in Nordic skiing since the 19th century, the first major competition in Nordic combined was held in 1892 in Oslo at the...
skier.
He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec
Liberec
Liberec is a city in the Czech Republic. Located on the Lusatian Neisse and surrounded by the Jizera Mountains and Ještěd-Kozákov Ridge, it is the fifth-largest city in the Czech Republic....
and earned his best individual finish of 13th in the 10 km individual large hill at those same championships.
At the 2010 Winter Olympics
2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...
in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, Kokslien finished 32nd in the 10 km individual normal hill and 39th in the individual large hill event.
His best World Cup finish was third in a 10 km individual normal hill event in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
in 2009.
His mother is a Finn (from Lahti
Lahti
Lahti is a city and municipality in Finland.Lahti is the capital of the Päijänne Tavastia region. It is situated on a bay at the southern end of lake Vesijärvi about north-east of the capital Helsinki...
) and Mikko speaks Finnish
Finnish language
Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
fluently. He represents the club Søre Ål IL
Søre Ål IL
Søre Ål Idrettslag is a Norwegian skiing club from Søre Ål, Lillehammer, Norway.The club was founded in 1944.Cross-country skier Brit Pettersen Tofte represented the club, so did the Nordic combined skiers Odd Arne Engh and Mikko Kokslien.-References:...
.