Pauli Siitonen
Pauli Ensio Siitonen (born 3 February 1938) is a retired Finnish cross-country skier. He was one of the most successful long-distance cross-country skiers of the 1970s, and in 1973 became the second Finnish skier to win Vasaloppet.[1] Siitonen competed at the 1968 Olympics,[2] and won the Finlandia-hiihto in Finland and König-Ludwig-Lauf in West Germany.
| Pauli Siitonen | |
|---|---|
 Pauli Siitonen c. 1972 | |
| Born | 2 February 1938 Simpele, Finland |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Siitonen is credited with popularizing the so-called Siitonen-step (or "marathon skate"), the precursor to modern skating technique in cross-country skiing.
Cross-country skiing results
gollark: It seems like Discord just use it to push content restrictions and stuff. Also, their (mandatory for "community" servers) NSFW filter is apparently not good and has high false positive rates.
gollark: :( indeed. I am not really a fan of the "partner" and "community servers" thing.
gollark: I already have a bridge bot running for another server, so it would be easy* to set up!
gollark: We have three servers, plus a fake one running services.
gollark: It is a very excellent IRC network.
References
- "Vasaloppet" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- Pauli Siitonen. sports-reference.com
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.