Matti Kuosku (4 March 1941 – 22 April 2012) was a Swedish

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

. He competed in the 50 km event at the

1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a ...

. Kuosku was a Sweden Finn, and he had moved to Sweden in the late 1960s. In 1974 and 1976, he won Vasaloppet.

Cross-country skiing results

Olympic Games

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuosku, Matti 1941 births 2012 deaths Cross-country skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Swedish male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Sweden People from Pelkosenniemi Finnish emigrants to Sweden Naturalized citizens of Sweden Swedish people of Finnish descent