Tero Similä Explained

Tero Similä
Birth Date:26 February 1980
Birth Place:Ylivieska, Finland
Club:Ylivieskan Kuula
Seasons:14 – (20012014)
Totalpodiums:0
Teampodiums:0
Individual Starts:72
Team Starts:13
Wcoveralls:0 – (68th in 2005)
Wctitles:0

Tero Similä (born 26 February 1980 in Ylivieska, Northern Ostrobothnia) is a Finnish cross-country skier. He competed in cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, and placed tenth in the relay with the Finnish team.[1]

Doping ban

Similä tested positive for EPO in an out-of-competition control 9 March 2014.[2] He was handed a two-year ban from sports for the anti-doping rule violation.[3]

Cross-country skiing results

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

World Championships

 Year  Age  15 km 
 individual 
 30 km 
 skiathlon 
 50 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
25
27
31
33 39

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standings
OverallDistanceSprintNordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
Ski Tour
Canada
22
23
24 148 106
25 68 43
26 97 66
27 74 43
28
29 172 106
30 158 104
31 57
32 55
33
34 50

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tero Similä . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182145/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/tero-simila-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports-reference.com . 27 February 2011 .
  2. http://yle.fi/uutiset/ski_association_confirms_tero_simila_doping_findings/7252310 Ski Association confirms Tero Similä doping findings
  3. http://hbl.fi/sport/2014-06-11/618266/simila-avstangd-i-tva-ar Similä avstängd i två år
  4. Web site: Athlete : Tero SIMILAE . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 12 April 2019.