Rene Rinnekangas (born 25 September 1999) is a Finnish snowboarder. He competed in the

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

in both slopestyle and BigAir, placing 28th and 22nd respectively. He competed in the 2019 Winter X Games in slopestyle earning a Silver Medal, and in BigAir, placing 5th. He competed in the 2020 Winter X Games placin
8th
in the slopestyle competition
4th
in BigAir, and competed in the Wendy's Knuckle Huck rankin
5th
. The 2021 Winter X Games were held with no audience due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Rinnekangas place
3rd
in slopestyle earning a bronze medal and place
8th
in BigAir. During th
2022 Winter X Games
Rinnekangas finishe
5th
in slopestyle and secured a bronze medal fo
3rd place
in Mens BigAir. Rinnekangas started snowboarding at age four alongside his older brother, Riko, in the small town of Iisalmi, Finland. "I just had to try it out because everything he did was the coolest thing ever.". He also plays bass guitar in his brother's punk bank, Kätfish.

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* 1999 births Living people Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Finnish male snowboarders Olympic snowboarders for Finland Snowboarders at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics People from Iisalmi Sportspeople from North Savo X Games athletes {{Finland-snowboarding-bio-stub