Matti Raivio (22 February 1893 – 25 May 1957) was a

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

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 ...

who won the 30 km and 50 km events at the 1926 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. At the

1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french: Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 ( frp, Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France ...

he finished seventh in the 18 km and 50 km races. He abandoned the 50 km event at the

1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; german: II. Olympische Winterspiele; it, II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. M ...

.Matti Raivio
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Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

World Championships

* 2 medals – (2 gold)

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Suomen Hiihtoliitto – Urheilijat A-Ö
1893 births 1957 deaths People from Keuruu Finnish male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers of Finland Cross-country skiers at the 1924 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1928 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Sportspeople from Central Finland 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-XC-skiing-bio-stub