 Only three days after he won the gold medal at the under-23 World Championships, he became 8th in a 15 km classic World Cup race in Toblach, Italy.He won the gold medal in men's team sprint at the 2014 Winter Olympics with Sami Jauhojärvi.Following the pair's achievement, Niskanen and Jauhojärvi shared the Finnish Sports Personality of the Year award in 2014.