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Veli Saarinen
Saarinen in the 1930s
Born 16 September 1902Martinsaari , Finland Died 12 October 1969 (aged 67)Helsinki , Finland Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) Weight 65 kg (143 lb) Sport Cross-country skiing Club Kouvolan Hiihtoseura Lahden Hiihtoseura
Veli Selim Saarinen (16 September 1902 – 12 October 1969) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1928 and 1932 Olympics.
In 1928 he finished fourth in the 18 km race . Four years later he won a gold in the 50 km and a bronze in the 18 km event, becoming the first Finnish cross-country skier to win an Olympic gold medal. Yet his biggest success came at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships , where he won six medals between 1926 and 1934, including three gold medals.[ 1]
Domestically Saarinen won only two titles, over 50 km in 1930–31. In 1934 he retired from competitions and later coached the German (1934–1937) and Finnish (1937–1968) national cross-country skiing teams. In 1947–1968 he also served as a chief executive of the Finnish Skiing Federation.[ 1]
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1933: Per-Erik Hedlund , Sven Utterström , Nils-Joel Englund , Hjalmar Bergström
1934: Sulo Nurmela , Klaes Karppinen , Martti Lappalainen , Veli Saarinen
1935: Mikko Husu , Klaes Karppinen , Väinö Liikkanen , Sulo Nurmela
1937: Annar Ryen , Oskar Fredriksen , Sigurd Røen , Lars Bergendahl
1938: Jussi Kurikkala , Martti Lauronen , Pauli Pitkänen , Klaes Karppinen
1939: Pauli Pitkänen , Olavi Alakulppi , Eino Olkinuora , Klaes Karppinen
1950: Nils Täpp , Karl-Erik Åström , Martin Lundström , Enar Josefsson
1954: August Kiuru , Tapio Mäkelä , Arvo Viitanen , Veikko Hakulinen
1958: Sixten Jernberg , Lennart Larsson , Sture Grahn , Per-Erik Larsson
1962: Lars Olsson , Sture Grahn , Sixten Jernberg , Assar Rönnlund
1966: Odd Martinsen , Harald Grønningen , Ole Ellefsæter , Gjermund Eggen
1970: Vladimir Voronkov , Valery Tarakanov , Fyodor Simashev , Vyacheslav Vedenin
1974: Gerd Heßler , Dieter Meinel , Gerhard Grimmer , Gert-Dietmar Klause
1978: Sven-Åke Lundbäck , Christer Johansson , Tommy Limby , Thomas Magnuson
1982: Lars Erik Eriksen , Ove Aunli , Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass , Oddvar Brå 0 and Vladimir Nikitin , Oleksandr Batyuk , Yuriy Burlakov , Alexander Zavyalov
1985: Arild Monsen , Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass , Tor Håkon Holte , Ove Aunli
1987: Erik Östlund , Gunde Svan , Thomas Wassberg , Torgny Mogren
1989: Christer Majbäck , Gunde Svan , Lars Håland , Torgny Mogren
1991: Øyvind Skaanes , Terje Langli , Vegard Ulvang , Bjørn Dæhlie
1993: Sture Sivertsen , Vegard Ulvang , Terje Langli , Bjørn Dæhlie
1995: Sture Sivertsen , Erling Jevne , Bjørn Dæhlie , Thomas Alsgaard
1997: Sture Sivertsen , Erling Jevne , Bjørn Dæhlie , Thomas Alsgaard
1999: Markus Gandler , Alois Stadlober , Mikhail Botvinov , Christian Hoffmann
2001: Frode Estil , Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset , Thomas Alsgaard , Tor Arne Hetland
2003: Anders Aukland , Frode Estil , Tore Ruud Hofstad , Thomas Alsgaard
2005 : Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset , Frode Estil , Lars Berger , Tore Ruud Hofstad
2007 : Eldar Rønning , Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset , Lars Berger , Petter Northug
2009 : Eldar Rønning , Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset , Tore Ruud Hofstad , Petter Northug
2011 : Martin Johnsrud Sundby , Eldar Rønning , Tord Asle Gjerdalen , Petter Northug
2013 : Tord Asle Gjerdalen , Eldar Rønning , Sjur Røthe , Petter Northug
2015 : Niklas Dyrhaug , Didrik Tønseth , Anders Gløersen , Petter Northug
2017 : Didrik Tønseth , Niklas Dyrhaug , Martin Johnsrud Sundby , Finn Hågen Krogh
2019 : Emil Iversen , Martin Johnsrud Sundby , Sjur Røthe , Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
2021 : Pål Golberg , Emil Iversen , Hans Christer Holund , Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
2023 : Hans Christer Holund , Pål Golberg , Simen Hegstad Krüger , Johannes Høsflot Klæbo