Risto Jussilainen (born 10 June 1975 in Jyväskylä

Jyväskylä

Jyväskylä is the capital of Central Finland and the largest city on the Finnish Lakeland, north-east of Tampere and north of Helsinki, on northern coast of lake Päijänne. The city has been continuously one of the most rapidly growing cities in Finland since World War II. The city is surrounded...

) is a retired Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 ski jumper

Ski jumping

Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land as far as possible down the hill below. In addition to the length of the jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long...

. He won a silver medal in the team large hill event at the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympics

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 in Salt Lake City.

Jussilainen has also won two World Cup

Ski jumping World Cup

The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is a ski jumping tournament held yearly by the International Ski Federation since 1979–80 season.- World Cup points :...

 events and achieved 16 podium places. He also won seven World Cup events in the Team category (Normal hill, Large hill, and Ski Flying) between 2000 and 2002. Jussilainen also won silver medals in both team events (normal and large hills) at the 2001 Nordic skiing World Championships.