Risto Kiiskinen

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Risto Kiiskinen Cross-country skiing
Full name Risto Taneli Kiiskinen
nation FinlandFinland Finland
birthday July 20, 1956
place of birth Lieksa
Career
status resigned
 

Risto Taneli Kiiskinen (born July 20, 1956 in Lieksa ) is a former Finnish cross-country skier .

Kiiskinen won the bronze medal with the relay at the Junior European Championships in Lieto in 1975 . In March 1975 he won the Czech Marusarzówna Memorial in Zakopane together with Markku Koskela and Johnny Hamström in the relay. In the following year he ran in his only Olympic participation in Innsbruck on the 32nd place over 15 km and was Finnish champion over 15 km. In December 1976 he achieved second place in the relay together with Pertti Teurajärvi and Juha Mieto in Davos . At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in 1978 , he finished 16th over 30 km.

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Individual evidence

  1. Neues Deutschland , March 17, 1975 , p. 7
  2. Neues Deutschland , January 19, 1976 , p. 7
  3. ^ L'Express , December 20, 1976 , p. 9