Matti Pitkänen

This article is about the cross-country skier. For the politician, see Matti Pitkänen (politician).

Matti Pitkänen
Medal record

Men's cross-country skiing
Olympic Games
	1976 Innsbruck	4 x 10 km
	1980 Lake Placid	4 x 10 km
World Championships
	1978 Lahti	4 x 10 km

Matti Pitkänen (born 20 December 1951 in Ikaalinen) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won two medals in the 4 x 10 km at the Winter Olympics with a gold in 1976 and a bronze in 1980. He also finished 6th in the 30 km at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Pitkänen also won a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti. He also finished 4th in the 15 km, 30 km, and 50 km events at those same games.

Pitkänen won the 50 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1978.

External links

Matti Pitkaenen at the International Ski Federation
Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)

Olympic champions in men's 4 × 10 km cross-country relay

1936: Sulo Nurmela, Klaes Karppinen, Matti Lähde, Kalle Jalkanen (FIN)
1948: Nils Östensson, Nils Täpp, Gunnar Eriksson, Martin Lundström (SWE)
1952: Heikki Hasu, Paavo Lonkila, Urpo Korhonen, Tapio Mäkelä (FIN)
1956: Fyodor Terentyev, Pavel Kolchin, Nikolay Anikin, Vladimir Kuzin (URS)
1960: Toimi Alatalo, Eero Mäntyranta, Väinö Huhtala, Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)
1964: Karl-Åke Asph, Sixten Jernberg, Janne Stefansson, Assar Rönnlund (SWE)
1968: Odd Martinsen, Pål Tyldum, Harald Grønningen, Ole Ellefsæter (NOR)
1972: Vladimir Voronkov, Yuri Skobov, Fyodor Simashev, Vyacheslav Vedenin (URS)
1976: Matti Pitkänen, Juha Mieto, Pertti Teurajärvi, Arto Koivisto (FIN)
1980: Vasily Rochev, Nikolay Bazhukov, Yevgeny Belyayev, Nikolay Zimyatov (URS)
1984: Thomas Wassberg, Benny Kohlberg, Jan Ottosson, Gunde Svan (SWE)
1988: Jan Ottosson, Thomas Wassberg, Gunde Svan, Torgny Mogren (SWE)
1992: Terje Langli, Vegard Ulvang, Kristen Skjeldal, Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
1994: Maurilio De Zolt, Marco Albarello, Giorgio Vanzetta, Silvio Fauner (ITA)
1998: Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
2002: Anders Aukland, Frode Estil, Kristen Skjeldal, Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
2006: Fulvio Valbusa, Giorgio Di Centa, Pietro Piller Cottrer, Cristian Zorzi (ITA)
2010: Daniel Richardsson, Johan Olsson, Anders Södergren, Marcus Hellner (SWE)
2014: Lars Nelson, Daniel Richardsson, Johan Olsson, Marcus Hellner (SWE)

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