Samppa Lajunen
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's nordic combined | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 2002 Salt Lake City | 7.5 km sprint | |
| Gold | 2002 Salt Lake City | 15 km individual | |
| Gold | 2002 Salt Lake City | 4 x 5 km team | |
| Silver | 1998 Nagano | 15 km individual | |
| Silver | 1998 Nagano | 4 x 5 km team | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1999 Ramsau | 4 x 5 km team | |
| Silver | 1997 Trondheim | 4 x 5 km team | |
| Silver | 1999 Ramsau | 15 km individual | |
| Silver | 2001 Lahti | 7.5 km sprint | |
| Silver | 2001 Lahti | 15 km individual | |
| Bronze | 2001 Lahti | 4 x 5 km team | |
| Bronze | 2003 Val di Fiemme | 15 km individual | |
| Bronze | 2003 Val di Fiemme | 4 x 5 km team | |
Samppa Lajunen (born April 23, 1979 in Turku, Finland) is a retired nordic combined athlete who competed during the late 1990's and early 2000's.
A winner of five Winter Olympic Games medals, his career highlight came at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City when Lajunen took won all three gold medals in the nordic combined events. He also won silver medals at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano in both the 15 km individual and 4 x 5 km team events.
Lajunen also found success at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, winning eight medals. This included one gold (4 x 5 km team: 1999), four silvers (15 km individual: 1999, 2001; 4 x 5 km team: 1997, 7.5 km sprint: 2001); and three bronzes (15 km individual: 2003, 4 x 5 km team: 2001, 2003)
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| Olympic champions in nordic combined individual |
| 1924: Thorleif Haug | 1928: Johan Grøttumsbråten | 1932: Johan Grøttumsbråten | 1936: Oddbjørn Hagen | 1948: Heikki Hasu | 1952: Simon Slåttvik | 1956: Sverre Stenersen | 1960: Georg Thoma | 1964: Tormod Knutsen | 1968: Franz Keller | 1972: Ulrich Wehling | 1976: Ulrich Wehling | 1980: Ulrich Wehling | 1984: Tom Sandberg | 1988: Hippolyt Kempf | 1992: Fabrice Guy | 1994: Fred Børre Lundberg | 1998: Bjarte Engen Vik | 2002: Samppa Lajunen | 2006: Georg Hettich |
| Olympic champions in men's team nordic combined |
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| (As 3 x 10 km) 1988 West Germany Thomas Müller, Hans-Peter Pohl, & Hubert Schwarz 1992 Japan Reiichi Mikata, Takanori Kono, & Kenji Ogiwara 1994 Japan Takanori Kono, Masashi Abe, & Kenji Ogiwara (As 4 x 5 km) 1998 Norway Halldor Skard, Kenneth Braaten, Bjarte Engen Vik, & Fred Børre Lundberg 2002 Finland Jari Mantila, Hannu Manninen, Jaakko Tallus, & Samppa Lajunen 2006 Austria Michael Gruber, Christoph Bieler, Felix Gottwald, & Mario Stecher |
| World champions in men's team nordic combined |
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| (As 3 x 10 km) 1982 East Germany Uwe Dotzauer, Günther Schmieder, & Konrad Winkler 1984 Norway Tom Sandberg, Hallstein Bøgseth, & Geir Andersen 1985 West Germany Thomas Müller, Hubert Schwarz, & Hermann Weinbuch 1987 West Germany Hermann Weinbuch, Hans-Peter Pohl, & Thomas Müller 1989 Norway Trond Einar Elden, Trond-Arne Bredesen & Bård Jørgen Elden 1991 Austria Günther Csar, Klaus Ofner, & Klaus Sulzenbacher 1993 Japan Takanori Kono, Masashi Abe, & Kenji Ogiwara (As 4 x 5 km) 1995 Japan Masashi Abe, Tsugiharu Ogiwara, Kenji Ogiwara, & Takanori Kono 1997 Norway Halldor Skard, Bjarte Engen Vik, Knut Tore Apeland, & Fred Børre Lundberg 1999 Finland Hannu Manninen, Tapio Nurmela, Jari Mantila, & Samppa Lajunen 2001 Norway Kenneth Braaten, Sverre Rotevatn, Bjarte Engen Vik, & Kristian Hammer 2003 Austria Michael Gruber, Wilhelm Denifl, Christoph Bieler & Felix Gottwald 2005 Norway Petter Tande, Håvard Klemetsen, Magnus Moan, & Kristian Hammer |
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