Matti Pitkänen

Matti Keijo Pitkänen (born December 20, 1951 in Ikaalinen ) is a former Finnish cross-country skier who started in the 1970s and early 1980s.

His most significant success is winning the gold medal with the Finnish 4x10 km relay at the 1976 Winter Olympics. He also won two other relay medals, silver at the 1978 World Cup and bronze at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Pitkänens best individual Olympic result was the sixth Place in the 30-kilometer race in 1980. In 1978 he reached three fourth places in the individual races (15 km, 30 km and 50 km) at the World Championship.

successes

• 1976 Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck : Gold with the relay
• 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid : Bronze with the relay
• Nordic World Ski Championships 1978 in Lahti : Silver with the relay

Web links

• Matti Pitkänen in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Matti Pitkänen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )