Aki Karvonen

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Aki Karvonen Cross-country skiing
nation FinlandFinland Finland
birthday 31st August 1957 (age 63)
place of birth Valtimo , Finland
Career
status resigned
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 2 × bronze
World Cup medals 0 × gold 2 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
silver 1984 Sarajevo 15 km
bronze 1984 Sarajevo 50 km
bronze 1984 Sarajevo 4 × 10 km
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
bronze 1982 Oslo 4 × 10 km
silver 1987 Oberstdorf 30 km
silver 1989 Lahti 4 × 10 km
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup January 9, 1982
 Overall World Cup 11. ( 1983/84 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Distance races 0 2 1
 

Aki Karvonen (born August 31, 1957 in Valtimo ) is a former Finnish cross-country skier . Between 1982 and 1989 Karvonen won six medals at World Championships and Olympic Games .

Career

Shortly before the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1982 in Oslo , Norway , Karvonen took part in a World Cup competition for the first time in Reit im Winkl . Over the 15-kilometer distance, he was able to take 15th place. Then he was nominated for the world championship, where he reached 10th place over the 30 kilometers freestyle and 14th place over the 15 kilometers freestyle. These results secured him a place in the Finnish relay, which won the bronze medal at the same time as the GDR relay . Two years later at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo , he again won the bronze medal with the Finnish relay. But Karvonen was also able to decorate himself with medals in the individual competitions. Over 15 kilometers classic he won the silver medal behind Gunde Svan and over 50 kilometers classic behind Thomas Wassberg and Svan the bronze medal. As fifth in the 30 kilometer freestyle, he just missed another medal. Since the competitions in Sarajevo were also counted as part of the World Cup, Karvonen was able to book his best place in the overall ranking of the World Cup with eleventh place at the end of the 1983/84 season.

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1985 , Karvonen was the first to go to a major event without a medal. Over 30 kilometers classic he came sixth, over 15 kilometers classic twelfth and with the Finnish relay he was fourth. Two years later at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf in 1987 , he again won a silver medal over 30 kilometers behind Wassberg. Karvonen was unable to repeat the successes of previous years at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary . Over 15 kilometers classic he was only 20th and over the double distance only 19th, whereupon he was not nominated for the relay competition for the first time. Karvonen also competed at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1989 in his native Lahti and just missed his fourth individual medal in a major event when his compatriot Harri Kirvesniemi won over 15 kilometers. In the relay competition Karvonen almost celebrated his first world title, but the Finnish team had to admit defeat to the Swedish relay by a second. After the World Cup, Karvonen ended his international career.

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