Rauno Miettinen (born 25 May 1949 in Kuopio) is a Finnish former Nordic combined skier. He earned a silver in the individual event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.
Miettinen also won three Nordic combined silver medals in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (Individual: 1978, 3 x 10 km team: 1982 (tied with Norway), 1984).
His biggest success as a Nordic combined athlete was at the Holmenkollen ski festival, where he won the event five times (1969, 1971–1973, 1978). Miettinen is one of only four people to win the Holmenkollen Nordic combined five times (the others being Lauritz Bergendahl, Johan Grøttumsbråten, and Bjarte Engen Vik).
Miettinen was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1972 (shared with Magne Myrmo).
RaunoMiettinen (born 25 May 1949 in Kuopio) is a Finnish former Nordic combined skier. He earned a silver in the individual event at the 1972 Winter...
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four athletes to do so (Lauritz Bergendahl, Johan Grøttumsbråten, and RaunoMiettinen are the others.). He also won the Nordic combined 7.5 km sprint event...
Recipients with their medal Lauritz Bergendahl, 1910 Magne Myrmo (left) and RaunoMiettinen (right), 1972 History of skiing Holmenkollen Ski Museum NRK (2024-03-10)...
first place after the jumps. Among the other favorites, the Finns RaunoMiettinen and Jouko Karjalainen occupied the sixth and 15th ranks. Karjalainen...
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victories have been matched by three others (Johan Grøttumsbråten, RaunoMiettinen, and Bjarte Engen Vik). Bergendahl earned the Holmenkollen medal in...
volleyball player Rakel Liekki, freelance journalist and former pornstar RaunoMiettinen, Nordic combined skier Iiro Pakarinen, ice hockey player in NHL Markku...
50 km (1974). Myrmo earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1972 (shared with RaunoMiettinen), and was named the 1974 Norwegian Athlete of the Year. After retiring...
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