Veli Saarinen

Veli Saarinen

Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Olympic Games
	1932 Lake Placid	50 km
	1932 Lake Placid	18 km
World Championships
	1929 Zakopane	17 km
	1933 Innsbruck	50 km
	1934 Sollefteå	4 x 10 km
	1929 Zakopane	50 km
	1934 Sollefteå	18 km
	1926 Lahti	30 km

Veli Selim Saarinen (16 September 1902, Martinsaari – 12 October 1969) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1920s and 1930s.

He was born in Martinsaari and died in Helsinki.

At the 1928 Winter Olympics he finished fourth in the 18 kilometre event.

Saarinen won a pair of medals at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, earning a gold in the 50 km and a bronze in the 18 km event.

Saarinen's biggest success as a cross-country skier was at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where he won six medals. This included three golds (1929: 17 km, 1933: 50 km, 1934: 4 x 10 km), two silvers (1929: 50 km, 1934: 18 km), and 1 bronze (1926: 30 km).

References

• Veli Saarinen at the International Ski Federation