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
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
), 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.
References
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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
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