- Rauno Miettinen
Rauno Miettinen (born
May 25 1949 inKuopio ) is a former FinnishNordic combined skier. He earned a silver in the individual event at the1972 Winter Olympics inSapporo .Miettinen also won three Nordic combined silver medals in the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (Individual: 1978, 3 x 10 km team: 1982 (tied withNorway ), 1984).His biggest success as a Nordic combined athlete was at the
Holmenkollen ski festival , where he won the event five times (1969, 1971-1973, 1978). Miettinen is one of only four people to win the Holmenkollen Nordic combined five times (the others beingLauritz Bergendahl ,Johan Grøttumsbråten , andBjarte Engen Vik ).Miettinen was awarded the
Holmenkollen medal in 1972 (shared withMagne Myrmo ).External links
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* [http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen medalists] - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file no icon
* [http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen winners since 1892] - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file no icon
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