Kari Sallinen

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Kari Sallinen
Personal information
NationalityFinnish
Born (1959-09-24) 24 September 1959 (age 64)
Sport
SportOrienteering
Medal record
Men's orienteering
Representing Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1985 Bendigo Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1981 Thun Relay

Kari Sallinen (born September 24, 1959) is a Finnish orienteering competitor. He was the first Finn who won the Individual World Orienteering Championships. The competition was held in the year 1985 in Bendigo, Australia. [1] [2] He was also part of the Finnish team that obtained bronze in the 1981 Relay World Championship in Thun, Switzerland. [3] He won the Jukola relay in 1987. [4]

His mother is Raili Sallinen.

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References

  1. World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 2011-08-23 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on January 8, 2007)
  2. "World Orienteering Championships 1985". International Orienteering Federation . Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  3. "World Orienteering Championships 1981". International Orienteering Federation . Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  4. "Jukola Relay winners 1949-". Jukola.com. Retrieved 22 August 2024.