Pentti Johannes Alonen (15 September 1925 – 28 November 2017) was a Finnish alpine skier who competed in the

1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...

, in the

1952 Winter Olympics The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 6. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 6. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, was a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 195 ...

, and in the

1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( lld, Anpezo 1956 or ), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from ...

. Alonen was born in Janakkala. He was the brother of fellow Olympian Pekka Alonen. He died in

Hämeenlinna Hämeenlinna (; sv, Tavastehus; krl, Hämienlinna; la, Tavastum or ''Croneburgum'') is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Tavastia and the modern province of Kanta-Häme in the south of F ...

on 28 November 2017, aged 92.

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1925 births 2017 deaths Finnish male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Finland Alpine skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub