Sami Jauhojärvi is a 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...

 cross country skier who has been competing since 2000. His best finish at the Winter Olympics was fifth in the 4 x 10 km relay at Vancouver

Vancouver

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 in 2010

2010 Winter Olympics

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Jauhojärvi won his first medal 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....

 with a bronze in the team sprint with Ville Nousiainen

Ville Nousiainen

Ville Nousiainen is a Finnish cross country skier who has been competing since 2002. He finished fifth in the 4 x 10 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver....

, then added a second in the 4 x 10 km.

Jauhojärvi has won one World Cup race; In Trondheim 2009 he won the 50 km classic mass start competetition:.