Pentti Linnosvuo
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| Olympic medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Shooting | |||
Competitor for  Finland |
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| Gold | 1956 Melbourne | 50 m Pistol | |
| Silver | 1960 Rome | 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol | |
| Gold | 1964 Tokyo | 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol | |
Pentti Tapio Akseli Linnosvuo (born March 17, 1933 in Vaasa) is a Finnish former sport shooter, the most recent shooter to win Olympic gold medals in both 50 m Pistol and 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol (the only one who had managed this previously was Alfred Lane in 1912). As the technique differs much between the two events, few modern top-level shooters even attempt to excel in both.
| Olympic medalists in shooting | Olympic Champions in men's 50 m Pistol |
| Sumner Paine | Konrad Roderer | Paul van Asbroeck | Alfred Lane | Karl Telford Frederick | Torsten Ullman | Edwin Vazquez Cam | Huelet Benner | Pentti Linnosvuo | Alexei Gustchin | Väinö Markkanen | Grigori Kosych | Ragnar Skanåker | Uwe Potteck | Alexander Melentiev | Xu Haifeng | Sorin Babii | Kanstantsin Lukashyk | Boris Kokorev | Tanyu Kiryakov | Mikhail Nestruev |
| Olympic medalists in shooting | Olympic champions in men's 25 m rapid fire pistol |
| Ioannis Phrangoudis | Maurice Larrouy | Alfred Lane | Guilherme Paraense | Henry Marvin Bailey | Renzo Morigi | Cornelius van Oyen | Károly Takács (twice) | Stefan Petrescu | William McMillan | Pentti Linnosvuo | Jozef Zapedzki (twice) | Norbert Klaar | Corneliu Ion | Takeo Kamachi | Afanasijs Kuzmins | Ralf Schumann (three times) | Sergei Alifirenko |
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