Sami Repo (born 8 November 1971 in

Simpele Simpele is a built-up area and a former municipality of Finland in the South Karelia region, originally in the Viipuri Province and after the Second World War, the Kymi Province. It was consolidated with Rautjärvi in 1973, becoming its new admi ...

) is a

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former

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

who competed from 1992 to 2004. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the

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in Nagano. Repo's best individual finish also happened at Nagano with an 18th in the 10 km. Repo's best finish at the

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was 11th in the 10 km and the 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit events (both in 1999). He also won four FIS World Cup races in Finland as well (1993, 1995, 1997, 1998).

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

* 1 medal – (1 bronze)

World Championships

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*3 podiums

Team podiums

*7 wins – (7 ) *16 podiums – (15 , 1 )

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Repo, Sami 1971 births Living people People from Rautjärvi Finnish male cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic cross-country skiers for Finland Sportspeople from South Karelia