Simo Halonen

Simo Halonen ( born March 21, 1947 in Taipalsaari ) is a former Finnish biathlete. Besides Heikki Juhani Suutarinen Ikola and he is the most successful Finnish biathlete in the 1970s.

Simo Halonen came only in the military for biathlon and began at the age of 25 years. He took 1974-1979 participated in all Biathlon World Championships, but missed the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck in 1976 because of a leg injury. In his first Biathlon World Championships 1974 in Minsk he missed the sprint as Fifth -placed just under one medal he won at the side of Henrik Flöjt, Juhani Suutarinen and Heikki Ikola in the relay race with silver behind the Soviet Union. In the individual he was 14 in 1975 was the Finn in Antholz achieve his greatest success with the relay in the cast of the previous year and won gold in the relay. In the individual he was ranked 30th in Vingrom he won in 1977 with Erkki Antila, Raimo and Heikki Seppänen Ikola in the relay race behind the Soviet Union again the Silver Medal and was seventh of the function SINGLE and 28 of the sprint. Only 1978 in Hochfilzen, he failed to win a medal at a World Cup and was the 24th of the sprints and seventh of the Single Page. In his last participation in World Championships, the World Championships 1979 in Ruhpolding, he won again with his squadron colleagues from the silver season of 1977 behind the GDR the silver medal. He was next Ikola the only part of the Finnish season of the four World Cups in which the Finnish seasons 1974-1979 medals won, which was always part of the coin scales. In the individual he was 18, in 1976 he won the Finnish singles titles.