Anssi Pentsinen Explained

Anssi Pentsinen
Birth Date:30 August 1986
Birth Place:Jämsä, Finland
Club:Vantaan Hiihtoseura
Seasons:12 – (20082019)
Totalpodiums:0
Teampodiums:0
Individual Starts:103
Team Starts:10
Wcoveralls:0 – (53rd in 2013)
Wctitles:0
Updated:12 April 2019

Anssi Pentsinen (born 30 August 1986 in Jämsä) is a Finnish cross-country skier.[1]

Pentsinen competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Finland. He placed 34th in the qualifying round in the sprint, failing to advance to the knockout stages.[2] [3]

As of April 2014, his best showing at the World Championships is 16th, in both the team and individual sprints in 2013.[1]

Pentsinen made his World Cup debut in March 2008. As of April 2014, his best finish is 4th, in a freestyle sprint race at Düsseldorf in 2011–12. His best World Cup overall finish is 53rd, in 2012–13. His best World Cup finish in a discipline is 17th, in the 2012-13 sprint.[1]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[4]

Olympic Games

 Year  Age  15 km 
 individual 
 30 km 
 skiathlon 
 50 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
27
31

World Championships

 Year  Age  15 km 
 individual 
 30 km 
 skiathlon 
 50 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
24
26 4816
28
30
32

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standings
OverallDistanceSprintNordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
Ski Tour
Canada
21
22
23
24 111 64
25 56 20 38
26 53 17
27 80 35
28 89 42
29 71 9332 32 47
30 102 50
31 547626
32 110 58 56

Notes and References

  1. http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=CC&competitorid=110851 FIS Profile
  2. Web site: Sports Reference Profile. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182547/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/anssi-pentsinen-1.html. dead. 2020-04-17.
  3. Web site: Sochi2014.com profile . March 19, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140319235155/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-anssi-pentsinen . March 19, 2014 .
  4. Web site: Athlete : Anssi PENTSINEN . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 12 April 2019.