Arto Koivisto
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Country | Finland | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1947-12-07) December 7, 1947 (age 76) Isojoki, Finland | |||||||||||||||||
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Seasons | 2 – (1983–1984) | |||||||||||||||||
Starts | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Arto Ilmari Koivisto (born 7 December 1947 in Isojoki)[1] is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed in the 1970s. He won the 4 × 10 km relay gold and the 15 km bronze at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.
Koivisto also won the 15 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1976.
Doping ban
Koivisto tested positive for ephedrine and codine at the 1981 Finnish Skiing Championships, and lost two bronze medals. He claimed the source of the substances was a cough medicine prescribed to him by a doctor, and he got a one-month sanction from the sport.[2][3]
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[4]
Olympic Games
- 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)
Year | Age | 15 km | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
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1976 | 28 | Bronze | 8 | 10 | Gold |
World Championships
Year | Age | 15 km | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
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1978 | 30 | — | 29 | — | — |
World Cup
Season standings
Season | Age | Overall |
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1983 | 34 | NC |
1984 | 35 | NC |
References
- ^ Arto Koivisto at Olympedia
- ^ Siukonen, Markku & Ahola, Matti: Urheilun vuosikirja 1981-82, p. 88. Jyväskylä: Oy Scandia Kirjat Ab, 1982.
- ^ En lång följetong Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine, hbl.fi, 25 August 2008
- ^ "KOIVISTO Arto". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
External links
- Arto Koivisto at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file at the Wayback Machine (archived February 24, 2007) (in Norwegian)
- Arto Koivisto at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 1936: Sulo Nurmela, Klaes Karppinen, Matti Lähde, Kalle Jalkanen (FIN)
- 1948: Nils Östensson, Nils Täpp, Gunnar Eriksson, Martin Lundström (SWE)
- 1952: Heikki Hasu, Paavo Lonkila, Urpo Korhonen, Tapio Mäkelä (FIN)
- 1956: Fyodor Terentyev, Pavel Kolchin, Nikolay Anikin, Vladimir Kuzin (URS)
- 1960: Toimi Alatalo, Eero Mäntyranta, Väinö Huhtala, Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)
- 1964: Karl-Åke Asph, Sixten Jernberg, Janne Stefansson, Assar Rönnlund (SWE)
- 1968: Odd Martinsen, Pål Tyldum, Harald Grønningen, Ole Ellefsæter (NOR)
- 1972: Vladimir Voronkov, Yuri Skobov, Fyodor Simashev, Vyacheslav Vedenin (URS)
- 1976: Matti Pitkänen, Juha Mieto, Pertti Teurajärvi, Arto Koivisto (FIN)
- 1980: Vasily Rochev, Nikolay Bazhukov, Yevgeny Belyayev, Nikolay Zimyatov (URS)
- 1984: Thomas Wassberg, Benny Kohlberg, Jan Ottosson, Gunde Svan (SWE)
- 1988: Jan Ottosson, Thomas Wassberg, Gunde Svan, Torgny Mogren (SWE)
- 1992: Terje Langli, Vegard Ulvang, Kristen Skjeldal, Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
- 1994: Maurilio De Zolt, Marco Albarello, Giorgio Vanzetta, Silvio Fauner (ITA)
- 1998: Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
- 2002: Anders Aukland, Frode Estil, Kristen Skjeldal, Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
- 2006: Fulvio Valbusa, Giorgio Di Centa, Pietro Piller Cottrer, Cristian Zorzi (ITA)
- 2010: Daniel Rickardsson, Johan Olsson, Anders Södergren, Marcus Hellner (SWE)
- 2014: Lars Nelson, Daniel Rickardsson, Johan Olsson, Marcus Hellner (SWE)
- 2018: Didrik Tønseth, Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Simen Hegstad Krüger, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR)
- 2022: Aleksey Chervotkin, Alexander Bolshunov, Denis Spitsov, Sergey Ustiugov (ROC)
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