Kaisa Mäkäräinen

Kaisa Leena Mäkäräinen (born 11 January 1983) is a Finnish former world-champion and 3-time world-cup-winning biathlete, who currently competes for Kontiolahden Urheilijat. Outside sports, Mäkäräinen is currently studying to be a Physics teacher at the University of Eastern Finland in Joensuu. Her team coach is Jonne Kähkönen, while Jarmo Punkkinen is her ski coach.[1]

Kaisa Mäkäräinen
Personal information
Full nameKaisa-Leena Mäkäräinen
Nickname(s)Kappa
Born (1983-01-11) 11 January 1983
Ristijärvi, Finland
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Websitekaisamakarainen.fi
Professional information
SportBiathlon
ClubKontiolahden Urheilijat
SkisFischer
RifleAnschütz
World Cup debut5 March 2005
Retired14 March 2020
Olympic Games
Teams3 (2010, 2014, 2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams13 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019)
Medals6 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons16 (2004/05–2019/2020)
Individual victories27
Individual podiums85
Overall titles3 (2010–11, 2013–14, 2017-18)
Discipline titles6:
1 Individual (2014–15);
1 Sprint (2013–14);
3 Pursuit (2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15);
1 Mass Start (2017-18)
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing  Finland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 Khanty-Mansiysk10 km pursuit
Silver medal – second place2011 Khanty-Mansiysk7.5 km sprint
Bronze medal – third place2012 Ruhpolding12.5 km mass start
Bronze medal – third place2015 Kontiolahti 15 km individual
Bronze medal – third place2016 Oslo12.5 km mass start
Bronze medal – third place2017 Hochfilzen12.5 km mass start
Updated on 16 February 2018.

Career
Kaisa Mäkäräinen (leading) Kontiolahti, Finland, 12 February 2012

Mäkäräinen was originally a cross-country skier and focused on this until the age of twenty.[2] She started training for the biathlon in 2003. In 2004, she made the Finnish National Team. 2005 saw Mäkäräinen compete at the Biathlon World Championships for the first time. Her best placings in the Biathlon World Championships have occurred at the 2007 World Championships in Antholz-Anterselva, where she placed eighth in the individual 15  and seventh in the mass start events. At the 2008 Biathlon World Championships in Östersund, she was 15th in the mass start. During the 2007-08 Biathlon World Cup, she made it to the podium twice, the first time when she placed second in the sprint at Pokljuka, Slovenia and third in the pursuit at Ruhpolding, Germany. During the 2008–09 Biathlon World Cup, she has steadily risen in the rankings and on she placed second during the pursuit event[3] and third in the mass start after Iourieva and Jonsson[4] at Antholz.

Her best season so far has been the 2010-11 Biathlon World Cup. She made a strong start at the opening event in Östersund, where Mäkäräinen won her first ever World Cup victory in the sprint.[5] Two days later she repeated her success by winning the pursuit, too.[6] She showed her strong early-season form again in Hochfilzen and Pokljuka by reaching the podium in every single event.

Mäkäräinen's form fell somewhat after that as she managed to reach the podium only once in the next 12 starts. Despite this Mäkäräinen scored valuable points in every single race beside the mass start in Antholz. She entered the Biathlon World Championships 2011 in Khanty-Mansiysk in second place for the Overall World Cup (9 points behind Andrea Henkel), but regained the overall World Cup leader's yellow bib after taking the silver medal in the sprint.[7] Mäkäräinen's flawless shooting and fourth-fastest course time secured her career-first gold medal in the pursuit the following day.[8] Mäkäräinen became the second Finnish female to medal in biathlon and the first one since 1987 when Tuija Vuoksiala placed third in the individual .[9] She is also the first Finnish biathlete to medal at the Biathlon World Championships since 2003, since Paavo Puurunen's bronze in the pursuit.[10]

Despite her not-so-good performance in the individual competition and being tied for the overall lead by Helena Ekholm, Mäkäräinen managed to stay on top of the Overall World Cup classification until the very end of the season. In Holmenkollen she grabbed both the Overall and the Pursuit Titles.[11] She was subsequently named the 2011 Finnish Sports Personality of the Year.[12]

She has gone on to win two more overall World Cups, in 2013-14 and 2017-18.[13]

Mäkäräinen has also competed in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, and she finished 14th in the 10km freestyle event at the 2013 Nordic Skiing World Championships.[12] She was also the 2013 Finnish national champion in the same event.[14] She has continued competing in the national cross-country skiing championships even during her retirement. In January 2021, she notably won a silver medal in a 10 km freestyle competition, with only a few of Finland's current World Cup skiers absent from the event.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[15]

Olympic Games

0 medals

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay[a]
Canada 2010 Vancouver 46th 59th 45th — — —
Russia 2014 Sochi 9th 30th 16th 6th — —
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 13th 25th 22nd 10th 15th 6th
a. 1 The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

6 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze)

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay
Austria 2005 Hochfilzen 49th 73rd — — 18th — —
Slovenia 2006 Pokljuka[a] — — — — — 19th
Italy 2007 Antholz 8th 29th 25th 7th 12th 16th
Sweden 2008 Östersund 31st 55th DNS 15th 15th 10th
South Korea 2009 Pyeongchang 30th 23rd 4th 17th — 6th
Russia 2010 Khanty-Mansiysk[a] — — — — — 18th
Russia 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 28th Silver Gold 4th 10th 9th
Germany 2012 Ruhpolding 28th 27th 20th Bronze 18th 16th
Czech Republic 2013 Nové Město 8th 9th 10th 17th 21st 19th
Finland 2015 Kontiolahti Bronze 35th 12th 15th 17th 9th
Norway 2016 Oslo 19th 9th 7th Bronze 17th 18th
Austria 2017 Hochfilzen 15th 12th 7th Bronze 15th 10th
Sweden 2019 Östersund 45th 12th 17th 23rd — 10th 12th
Italy 2020 Antholz 21st 40th 22nd 14th 11th 9th —
a. 1 2 During Olympic seasons "Mixed-Relay Championships" were held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
b. The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

Junior/Youth World Championships
Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay
France 2004 Haute-Maurienne 23rd 51st 39th —

World Cup standings
Season Age Overall Sprint Pursuit Individual Mass start
Races Points[a] Position Races Points[b] Position Races Points[b] Position Races Points[b] Position Races Points[b] Position
2004/05222/270—1/100—0/90—1/40—0/40—
2005/062315/261862nd9/101063rd5/8463rd1/3454th0/50—
2006/072422/2723027th8/106029th6/81647th3/4788th5/57416th
2007/082523/2638613th9/1017810th6/810815th3/31143rd5/58014th
2008/092624/2657714th9/1019217th7/717810th3/44727th5/51409th
2009/102722/2541822nd10/1020217th5/68428th3/42643rd4/510616th
2010/112826/2610051st10/103912nd7/73431st4/41316th5/51408th
2011/122926/2610074th10/104013rd8/83304th3/31162nd5/51875th
2012/133026/268345th10/103245th8/82555th3/31046th5/51715th
2013/143122/228611st9/93681st8/83501st2/23120th3/31303rd
2014/153225/2510442nd10/103642nd7/73481st3/31621st5/51935th
2015/163324/258924th9/93094th8/83244th3/3938th4/51794th
2016/173426/269713rd9/93373rd9/93683rd3/36911th5/52073rd
2017/183522/228221st8/82583rd7/72802nd2/2843rd5/52161st
2018/193625/256737th9/92805th8/82865th3/31157th5/59621st
2019/203721/2150611th8/811723rd5/51467th3/34821st5/51954th
a. 1 Until 2009–10 season, IBU did not count an athlete's three worst races in overall World Cup scores. In 2010–11 season, all races were included in World Cup scores. Starting from 2011–12 season, the two worst results have been eliminated again. So the points in the "Points" column is represented after deduction, except 2010–11 season.
b. 1 2 3 4 Until 2009–10 season it was required to leave out the result of the worst discipline race for the final result of discipline world cup (if there were four discipline races or more during the season), so the points in the "Points" columns for those seasons is represented after deduction of the result of the worst discipline race.

Individual victories
  • 27 victories – (8 Sp, 13 Pu, 2 In, 4 MS)
No. Season Date Location Discipline Level
1 2010/11 3 December 2010Sweden Östersund, Sweden7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
25 December 2010Sweden Östersund, Sweden10 km PursuitWorld Cup
36 March 2011Russia Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia10 km PursuitWorld Championships
42011/1211 January 2012Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic15 km IndividualWorld Cup
512 February 2012Finland Kontiolahti, Finland10 km PursuitWorld Cup
62013/148 March 2014Slovenia Pokljuka, Slovenia10 km PursuitWorld Cup
713 March 2014Finland Kontiolahti, Finland7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
815 March 2014Finland Kontiolahti, Finland7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
916 March 2014Finland Kontiolahti, Finland10 km PursuitWorld Cup
102014/157 December 2014Sweden Östersund, Sweden10 km PursuitWorld Cup
1112 December 2014Austria Hochfilzen, Austria7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
1214 December 2014Austria Hochfilzen, Austria10 km PursuitWorld Cup
1321 December 2014Slovenia Pokljuka, Slovenia12.5 km Mass StartWorld Cup
1412 February 2015Norway Holmenkollen, Norway15 km IndividualWorld Cup
1520 March 2015Russia Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
162015/166 December 2015Sweden Östersund, Sweden10 km PursuitWorld Cup
1720 December 2015Slovenia Pokljuka, Slovenia12.5 km Mass StartWorld Cup
1817 March 2016Russia Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
1919 March 2016Russia Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia10 km PursuitWorld Cup
202016/1714 January 2017Germany Ruhpolding, Germany7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
2115 January 2017Germany Ruhpolding, Germany10 km PursuitWorld Cup
222017/1814 January 2018Germany Ruhpolding, Germany12.5 km Mass StartWorld Cup
2324 March 2018Russia Tyumen, Russia10 km PursuitWorld Cup
242018/198 December 2018Slovenia Pokljuka, Slovenia7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
259 December 2018Slovenia Pokljuka, Slovenia10 km PursuitWorld Cup
2615 December 2018Austria Hochfilzen, Austria10 km PursuitWorld Cup
272019/2012 January 2020Germany Oberhof, Germany12.5 km Mass StartWorld Cup
* Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

Overall record
Result Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay Mixed
 Relay[a]		 Total
Individual Events Team Events All
Events
1st place28134––26–26
2nd place415112––32–32
3rd place1787––23–23
Podiums7293112––81–81
Top 101665543471216919188
Points[b]331098557382628464348
Others7179–––33–33
DNF––––1––11
DSQ–––1––1–1
Starts401269458392631665383
a. 1 Includes mixed relay and single mixed relay, the event involves one male and one female biathlete each completing two legs consisting of one prone and one standing shoot.
b. 1 Until 2007–08 season, top-30 were awarded with World Cup points and biathlete got 50 points for the win. Starting from 2008–09 season another points system is applied in World Cup, top-40 are awarded with World Cup points and winner got 60 points. Results in "Points" row is represented according to the applied scoring system in corresponding season.

Statistics as of 15 December 2018

Shooting
Shooting 2004–05 season[16] 2005–06 season[17] 2006–07 season[18] 2007–08 season[19] 2008–09 season[20] 2009–10 season[21] 2010–11 season[22] 2011–12 season[23]
Prone position17 / 2373.9%114 / 13783.2%163 / 19384.5%163 / 19484.0%185 / 21984.5%165 / 19982.9%212 / 24387.2%191 / 23979.9%
Standing position10 / 2343.5%100 / 14071.4%147 / 19177.0%149 / 19178.0%175 / 21880.3%161 / 20478.9%201 / 24582.0%197 / 24082.1%
Total27 / 4658.7%214 / 27777.3%310 / 38480.7%312 / 38581.0%360 / 43782.4%326 / 40380.9%413 / 48884.6%388 / 47981.0%
Shooting 2012–13 season[24] 2013–14 season[25] 2014–15 season[26] 2015–16 season[27] 2016–17 season[15] 2017–18 season[15] 2018–19 season[15] Career
Prone position205 / 24683.3%212 / 23490.6%189 / 22384.8%198 / 23584.3%225 / 26285.9%203 / 23686.0%2442 / 288384.7%
Standing position176 / 25269.8%180 / 23377.3%182 / 22282.0%192 / 23382.4%211 / 26380.2%200 / 23983.7%2281 / 289478.8%
Total381 / 49876.5%392 / 46783.9%371 / 44583.4%390 / 46883.3%436 / 52583.0%403 / 47584.8%4723 / 577781.8%

Results in all IBU World Cup races, Olympics and World Championships including relay events and disqualified races. Statistics as of 25 March 2018.[15]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[28]

World Championships
 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual 		  15 km 
 skiathlon 		  30 km 
 mass start 		  Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
20133014—————

Season standings
 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening		 Tour de
Ski		 World Cup
Final
20092613094————
201027NCNC————
2014318857————

Roller-ski biathlon

In the summer of 2007, Mäkäräinen won the world championship in roller-ski biathlon at Otepää in both the 7.5 km sprint and the 10 km pursuit.[29]

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