Ville Nousiainen

Ville Nousiainen

Ville Nousiainen, Tour de Ski 2010
Full name Ville Antero Nousiainen
Born (1983-12-05) 5 December 1983
Kouvola, Finland
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Ski club Kouvolan Hiihtoseura
World Cup career
Seasons 2003-
Individual wins 0
Indiv. podiums 2

Ville Nousiainen (born December 5, 1983 in Kouvola) 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.

Nousiainen won his first world championship medal with a bronze in the team sprint event with Sami Jauhojärvi at Liberec in 2009. He then followed it with another bronze in the 4 x 10 km event at those same championships.

First place victories include two 10 km FIS races and most recently 2 National Championships in Finland in 2010 (50 km, 19.8  km).

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