Jouko Karjalainen (born 27 July 1956 in Kajaani) is a Finnish former nordic combined skier. He won two silver medals in the individual Nordic combined at the

1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Lake Placid was elected ...

and the

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...

. Karjalainen also has four FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medals, including two silvers (3 x 10 km team: 1982 (tied with

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), 1984) and two bronzes (15 km individual and 3 x 10 km team: Both 1985). He also won the Nordic combined event at the

Holmenkollen ski festival The Holmenkollen Ski Festival ( no, Holmenkollen skifestival or ) is a traditional annual Nordic skiing event in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway. The full official name of the event is Holmenkollen FIS World Cup Nordic. History It takes place in March ...

in 1981.

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Holmenkollen winners since 1892
- click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file 1956 births Nordic combined skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Finnish male Nordic combined skiers Living people Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Finland People from Kajaani Olympic medalists in Nordic combined FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Finland Sportspeople from Kainuu 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-skijumping-bio-stub