Matti Pitkänen
Finnish cross-country skier
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 Pitkänen in March, 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1948-12-20) December 20, 1948 (age 75) Ikaalinen, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | Ikaalisten Urheilijat | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 1 – (1983) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Starts | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Matti Pitkänen (born 20 December 1948, in Ikaalinen) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won two medals in the 4 × 10 km relay at the Winter Olympics with a gold in 1976 and a bronze in 1980. He also finished sixth in the 30 km at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Pitkänen also won a silver medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti. He also finished fourth in the 15 km, 30 km, and 50 km events at those same games.
Pitkänen won the 50 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1978.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]
Olympic Games
- 2 medals – 1 gold, 1 bronze)
| Year | Age | 15 km | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 27 | — | 13 | — | Gold |
| 1980 | 31 | — | 6 | 11 | Bronze |
World Championships
- 1 medal – (1 silver)
| Year | Age | 15 km | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Silver |
World Cup
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 34 | NC |
References
- ^ "Athlete : Matti PITKAENEN". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
External links
- Matti Pitkaenen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-02-24) - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
- Matti Pitkänen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 1936:
Sulo Nurmela, Klaes Karppinen, Matti Lähde, Kalle Jalkanen (FIN) - 1948:
Nils Östensson, Nils Täpp, Gunnar Eriksson, Martin Lundström (SWE) - 1952: Heikki Hasu, Paavo Lonkila, Urpo Korhonen, Tapio Mäkelä (FIN)
- 1956:
Fyodor Terentyev, Pavel Kolchin, Nikolay Anikin, Vladimir Kuzin (URS) - 1960: Toimi Alatalo, Eero Mäntyranta, Väinö Huhtala, Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)
- 1964: Karl-Åke Asph, Sixten Jernberg, Janne Stefansson, Assar Rönnlund (SWE)
- 1968:
Odd Martinsen, Pål Tyldum, Harald Grønningen, Ole Ellefsæter (NOR) - 1972: Vladimir Voronkov, Yuri Skobov, Fyodor Simashev, Vyacheslav Vedenin (URS)
- 1976: Matti Pitkänen, Juha Mieto, Pertti Teurajärvi, Arto Koivisto (FIN)
- 1980: Vasily Rochev, Nikolay Bazhukov, Yevgeny Belyayev, Nikolay Zimyatov (URS)
- 1984: Thomas Wassberg, Benny Kohlberg, Jan Ottosson, Gunde Svan (SWE)
- 1988: Jan Ottosson, Thomas Wassberg, Gunde Svan, Torgny Mogren (SWE)
- 1992: Terje Langli, Vegard Ulvang, Kristen Skjeldal, Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
- 1994:
Maurilio De Zolt, Marco Albarello, Giorgio Vanzetta, Silvio Fauner (ITA) - 1998: Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
- 2002: Anders Aukland, Frode Estil, Kristen Skjeldal, Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
- 2006:
Fulvio Valbusa, Giorgio Di Centa, Pietro Piller Cottrer, Cristian Zorzi (ITA) - 2010: Daniel Rickardsson, Johan Olsson, Anders Södergren, Marcus Hellner (SWE)
- 2014: Lars Nelson, Daniel Rickardsson, Johan Olsson, Marcus Hellner (SWE)
- 2018: Didrik Tønseth, Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Simen Hegstad Krüger, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR)
- 2022:
Aleksey Chervotkin, Alexander Bolshunov, Denis Spitsov, Sergey Ustiugov (ROC)
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