Matti Pitkänen

Matti Pitkänen Keijo ( born December 20, 1951 in Ikaalinen ) is a former Finnish cross country skier who competed in the 1970s and early 1980s.

His most significant success is winning the gold medal with the Finnish 4x10 km relay at the Winter Olympics in 1976. Moreover, he won two relay medals, silver at the 1978 World Championships and bronze at the Olympic Winter Games 1980. Pitkänens best Olympic individual result was the sixth place in the 30 -kilometer race in 1980. in 1978 he reached three fourth places in the individual race (15 km, 30 km and 50 km) at the World Championships.

Achievements

  • Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck in 1976: Gold in the relay
  • Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid 1980: bronze team
  • Nordic World Ski Championships 1978 in Lahti: silver team
Finland Lake Placid, New York FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1978 List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Sulo Nurmela Klaes Karppinen Gunnar Eriksson Urpo Korhonen Fyodor Terentyev Toimi Alatalo Veikko Hakulinen Janne Stefansson Odd Martinsen Yuri Skobov Vasily Pavlovich Rochev Nikolay Zimyatov Thomas Wassberg Benny Kohlberg Gunde Svan Terje Langli Kristen Skjeldal Marco Albarello Giorgio Vanzetta Sture Sivertsen Anders Aukland Frode Estil Fulvio Valbusa Giorgio Di Centa Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi Daniel Richardsson Marcus Hellner List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in men's cross-country skiing Per-Erik Hedlund Nils-Joel Englund Veli Saarinen Mikko Husu Lars Bergendahl Eino Olkinuora Sture Grahn Gjermund Eggen Gerhard Grimmer Gert-Dietmar Klause Ove Aunli Alexander Zavyalov Alois Stadlober Markus Gandler Christian Hoffmann Tor Arne Hetland Lars Berger Petter Northug Martin Johnsrud Sundby
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