Simo Halonen is a Finnish

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not ti ...

and world champion. He received a gold medal in 4 × 7.5 km relay at the 1975

Biathlon World Championships The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The original team event, Team (time), was held for the last time in 1965, to be replaced in 1966 by the team event, Relay (4 × 7.5 km) ...

in Antholz."Biathlon – World Championships – Men: 4 x 7.5 km Relay"
– ''sports123.com'' (Retrieved on April 25, 2008) He received three times silver medals in the world championships with the Finnish relay team.

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Finnish male biathletes Living people Biathlon World Championships medalists Year of birth missing (living people) {{Finland-wintersport-bio-stub