Raino Pesu (born 15 October 1972 in
Joutseno
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The municipality was unilingually Finnish. Joutseno was consolidated with Lappeenranta on 1 Jan ...
) is a
Finnish ski-orienteering
Ski orienteering (SkiO) is a cross-country skiing endurance winter racing sport and one of the four orienteering disciplines recognized by the IOF. A successful ski orienteer combines high physical endurance, strength and excellent technical sk ...
competitor
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, world champion and winner of the overall world cup.
He received a
gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have b ...
in the ''short course'' at the 1998
World Ski Orienteering Championships
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in
Windischgarsten
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Geography
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.
[World Ski Orienteering Championships]
– ''IOF'' (Retrieved on June 24, 2008)
He finished overall first in the
World Cup in Ski Orienteering
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in 1999, and second in 1995.
[World Cup in Ski Orienteering]
– ''IOF'' (Retrieved on June 24, 2008)
See also
*
Finnish orienteers
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*
List of orienteers
This is a list of all orienteering competitors found in Wikipedia and notable within the orienteering sport.
A
* Alida Abola, Soviet Union
* Christian Aebersold, Switzerland
* Gunborg Ahling, Sweden
* Katarina Allberg, Sweden
* Johanna ...
*
List of orienteering events
This is a list of all orienteers events found in Wikipedia and which are notable within the orienteering sport.
Foot Orienteering Championships World Championships
* World Orienteering Championships
* Junior World Orienteering Championships
* ...
References
1972 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Lappeenranta
Skiers from South Karelia
Finnish male orienteers
Finnish ski-orienteers
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