Pentti Pesonen (born 7 April 1938) is a Finnish former
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 competed in the early 1960s. He earned a silver medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the
1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1962 took place February 18–25, 1962 in Zakopane, Poland. Zakopane became the second city to host the world championships three times (1929, 1939), joining Lahti, Finland (1926, 1938, and 1958). Women's 5&nb ...
in
Zakopane
Zakopane ( Podhale Goral: ''Zokopane'') is a town in the extreme south of Poland, in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998, it was part of Nowy Sącz Voivodeship; since 1999, it has been par ...
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Cross-country skiing results
World Championships
* 1 medals – (1 silver)
External links
World Championship results
1938 births
Living people
People from Varkaus
Finnish male cross-country skiers
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
Sportspeople from North Savo
20th-century Finnish people
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