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Finnish cross-country skier
Arvo Albert Viitanen (12 April 1924 – 28 April 1999) was a
Finnish
cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s. He won a silver medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the
1956 Winter Olympics in
Cortina d'Ampezzo . He was born in
Uurainen ,
Central Finland and died in
Myllykoski .
Viitanen also won five medals in the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 4 × 10 km relay (1954), a silver in the 15 km (1954), and bronzes in the 50 km (1954, 1958) and the 4 × 10 km relay (1958).
He also won the 50 km event at the
Holmenkollen ski festival in 1956.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS) .
[1]
Olympic Games
World Championships
5 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)
Year
Age
15 km
30 km
50 km
4 × 10 km relay
1954
29
Silver
—
Bronze
Gold
1958
33
7
4
Bronze
Bronze
References
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"VIITANEN Arvo" . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation. Retrieved 19 January 2020 .
External links
1933:
Per-Erik Hedlund ,
Sven Utterström ,
Nils-Joel Englund ,
Hjalmar Bergström
1934:
Sulo Nurmela ,
Klaes Karppinen ,
Martti Lappalainen ,
Veli Saarinen
1935:
Mikko Husu ,
Klaes Karppinen ,
Väinö Liikkanen ,
Sulo Nurmela
1937:
Annar Ryen ,
Oskar Fredriksen ,
Sigurd Røen ,
Lars Bergendahl
1938:
Jussi Kurikkala ,
Martti Lauronen ,
Pauli Pitkänen ,
Klaes Karppinen
1939:
Pauli Pitkänen ,
Olavi Alakulppi ,
Eino Olkinuora ,
Klaes Karppinen
1950:
Nils Täpp ,
Karl-Erik Åström ,
Martin Lundström ,
Enar Josefsson
1954:
August Kiuru ,
Tapio Mäkelä ,
Arvo Viitanen ,
Veikko Hakulinen
1958:
Sixten Jernberg ,
Lennart Larsson ,
Sture Grahn ,
Per-Erik Larsson
1962:
Lars Olsson ,
Sture Grahn ,
Sixten Jernberg ,
Assar Rönnlund
1966:
Odd Martinsen ,
Harald Grønningen ,
Ole Ellefsæter ,
Gjermund Eggen
1970:
Vladimir Voronkov ,
Valery Tarakanov ,
Fyodor Simashev ,
Vyacheslav Vedenin
1974:
Gerd Heßler ,
Dieter Meinel ,
Gerhard Grimmer ,
Gert-Dietmar Klause
1978:
Sven-Åke Lundbäck ,
Christer Johansson ,
Tommy Limby ,
Thomas Magnuson
1982:
Lars Erik Eriksen ,
Ove Aunli ,
Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass ,
Oddvar Brå 0 and
Vladimir Nikitin ,
Oleksandr Batyuk ,
Yuriy Burlakov ,
Alexander Zavyalov
1985:
Arild Monsen ,
Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass ,
Tor Håkon Holte ,
Ove Aunli
1987:
Erik Östlund ,
Gunde Svan ,
Thomas Wassberg ,
Torgny Mogren
1989:
Christer Majbäck ,
Gunde Svan ,
Lars Håland ,
Torgny Mogren
1991:
Øyvind Skaanes ,
Terje Langli ,
Vegard Ulvang ,
Bjørn Dæhlie
1993:
Sture Sivertsen ,
Vegard Ulvang ,
Terje Langli ,
Bjørn Dæhlie
1995:
Sture Sivertsen ,
Erling Jevne ,
Bjørn Dæhlie ,
Thomas Alsgaard
1997:
Sture Sivertsen ,
Erling Jevne ,
Bjørn Dæhlie ,
Thomas Alsgaard
1999:
Markus Gandler ,
Alois Stadlober ,
Mikhail Botvinov ,
Christian Hoffmann
2001:
Frode Estil ,
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset ,
Thomas Alsgaard ,
Tor Arne Hetland
2003:
Anders Aukland ,
Frode Estil ,
Tore Ruud Hofstad ,
Thomas Alsgaard
2005 :
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset ,
Frode Estil ,
Lars Berger ,
Tore Ruud Hofstad
2007 :
Eldar Rønning ,
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset ,
Lars Berger ,
Petter Northug
2009 :
Eldar Rønning ,
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset ,
Tore Ruud Hofstad ,
Petter Northug
2011 :
Martin Johnsrud Sundby ,
Eldar Rønning ,
Tord Asle Gjerdalen ,
Petter Northug
2013 :
Tord Asle Gjerdalen ,
Eldar Rønning ,
Sjur Røthe ,
Petter Northug
2015 :
Niklas Dyrhaug ,
Didrik Tønseth ,
Anders Gløersen ,
Petter Northug
2017 :
Didrik Tønseth ,
Niklas Dyrhaug ,
Martin Johnsrud Sundby ,
Finn Hågen Krogh
2019 :
Emil Iversen ,
Martin Johnsrud Sundby ,
Sjur Røthe ,
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
2021 :
Pål Golberg ,
Emil Iversen ,
Hans Christer Holund ,
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
2023 :
Hans Christer Holund ,
Pål Golberg ,
Simen Hegstad Krüger ,
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo