Arto Tiainen
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's cross country skiing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | 1964 Innsbruck | 4 x 10 km | |
| Bronze | 1964 Innsbruck | 50 km | |
| World Championships | |||
| Silver | 1966 Oslo | 50 km | |
| Bronze | 1958 Lahti | 4 x 10 km | |
Arto Tiainen (Sep 5, 1930, Sääminki - Sep 21, 1998) was a Finnish cross country skier.
He won two medals at the 1964 Winter Olympics, a silver in the 4 x 10 km relay and a bronze in the 50 km. Additionally, Tianen won two medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, a silver in 50 km (1966) and a bronze in the 4 x 10 km (1958).
Tianen's biggest cross country skiing success came at the Holmenkollen ski festival, where he won the 50 km event in both 1964 and 1965. For his successes, Tiainen earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1965 (Shared with Bengt Eriksson and Arne Larsen).
[edit] External links
- FIS-Ski: Arto Tiainen - statistics
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
| Preceded by Veikko Kankkonen, Eero Mäntyranta, Georg Thoma, & Halvor Næs |
Holmenkollen medal with Bengt Eriksson & Arne Larsen 1965 |
Succeeded by Toini Gustafsson & Ole Ellefsæter |
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