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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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World champions in men's team nordic combined |
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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 * 2007 Finland - Anssi Koivuranta, Janne Ryynänen, Jaakko Tallus, & Hannu Manninen |
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