- Samppa Lajunen
Samppa Lajunen (born
April 23 1979 inTurku ,Finland ) is a retirednordic combined athlete who competed during the late 1990's and early 2000's.A winner of five
Winter Olympic Games medals, his career highlight came at the2002 Winter Olympics inSalt Lake City when Lajunen took won all three gold medals in the nordic combined events. He also won silver medals at the1998 Winter Olympics inNagano in both the 15 km individual and 4 x 5 km team events.Lajunen also found success at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships , winning eight medals. This included one gold (4 x 5 km team:1999 ), four silvers (15 km individual: 1999,2001 ; 4 x 5 km team:1997 , 7.5 km sprint: 2001); and three bronzes (15 km individual:2003 , 4 x 5 km team: 2001, 2003)External links
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