Pentti Taskinen (26 May 1929 – 18 December 1973) was a Finnish

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and shooting sports, rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into sh ...

. He competed in the 20 km individual event at the

1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall ...

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* 1929 births 1973 deaths Finnish male biathletes Olympic biathletes for Finland Biathletes at the 1960 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Kuopio Sportspeople from North Savo {{Finland-biathlon-bio-stub