Taisto Juhani Suutarinen (born 24 May 1943) is a Finnish former biathlete.
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| Full name | Taisto Juhani Suutarinen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Jussi Kärppä-Jussi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 May 1943 Uukuniemi, Parikkala, South Karelia, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 3 (1968, 1972, 1976) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 2 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 8 (1966, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 4 (3 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 1 (1977/78) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual victories | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual podiums | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biathlon results
editAll results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[1]
Olympic Games
edit2 medals (2 silver)
| Event | Individual | Relay |
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 1968 Grenoble
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— | 5th |
 1972 Sapporo
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30th | Silver |
 1976 Innsbruck
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13th | Silver |
World Championships
edit4 medals (3 gold, 1 silver)
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Relay |
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 1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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22nd | — | 5th |
 1970 Östersund
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10th | — | 4th |
 1971 Hämeenlinna
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23rd | — | — |
 1973 Lake Placid
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6th | — | 4th |
 1974 Minsk
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Gold | Gold | Silver |
 1975 Antholz-Anterselva
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32nd | 33rd | Gold |
| 1976 Antholz-Anterselva
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— | 40th | — |
 1977 Lillehammer
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— | 20th | — |
- *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
- **Sprint was added as an event in 1974.
References
edit- ^ "Search results". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
External links
edit- Juhani Suutarinen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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