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Finnish cross-country skier

Matti Raivio

Personal information

Born

22 February 1893
Pihlajavesi, Finland

Died

25 May 1957 (aged 86)
Pihlajavesi, Finland

Height

169 cm (5 ft 7 in)

Weight

70 kg (154 lb)

Sport

Club

Pilajaveden Sk:n Urheilijat

Medal record

Matti Raivio (22 February 1893 – 25 May 1957) was a Finnish Cross-country skier who won the 30 km and 50 km events at the 1926 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. At the 1924 Winter Olympics he finished seventh in the 18 km and 50 km races. He abandoned the 50 km event at the 1928 Winter Olympics.

Cross-country skiing results

Year	Age	18 km	50 km
1924	30	7	7
1928	34	—	DNF

Year	Age	30 km	50 km
1926	32	Gold	Gold

Matti Raivio. sports-reference.com
"RAIVIO Matti". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

v t e World champions in men's 30 km cross-country skiing
1926: Matti Raivio (FIN) 1954: Vladimir Kuzin (URS) 1958: Kalevi Hämäläinen (FIN) 1962: Eero Mäntyranta (FIN) 1966: Eero Mäntyranta (FIN) 1970: Vyacheslav Vedenin (URS) 1974: Thomas Magnuson (SWE) 1978: Sergey Savelyev (URS) 1982: Thomas Eriksson (SWE) 1985: Gunde Svan (SWE) 1987: Thomas Wassberg (SWE) 1989: Vladimir Smirnov (URS) 1991: Gunde Svan (SWE) 1993: Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 1995: Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ) 1997: Alexey Prokurorov (RUS) 1999: Mika Myllylä (FIN) 2001: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) 2003: Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)

v t e World champions in men's 50 km cross-country skiing
1925: František Donth (TCH) 1926: Matti Raivio (FIN) 1927: John Lindgren (SWE) 1929: Anselm Knuuttila (FIN) 1930: Sven Utterström (SWE) 1931: Ole Stenen (NOR) 1933: Veli Saarinen (FIN) 1934: Elis Wiklund (SWE) 1935: Nils-Joel Englund (SWE) 1937: Pekka Niemi (FIN) 1938: Kalle Jalkanen (FIN) 1939: Lars Bergendahl (NOR) 1950: Gunnar Eriksson (SWE) 1954: Vladimir Kuzin (URS) 1958: Sixten Jernberg (SWE) 1962: Sixten Jernberg (SWE) 1966: Gjermund Eggen (NOR) 1970: Kalevi Oikarainen (FIN) 1974: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR) 1978: Sven-Åke Lundbäck (SWE) 1982: Thomas Wassberg (SWE) 1985: Gunde Svan (SWE) 1987: Maurilio De Zolt (ITA) 1989: Gunde Svan (SWE) 1991: Torgny Mogren (SWE) 1993: Torgny Mogren (SWE) 1995: Silvio Fauner (ITA) 1997: Mika Myllylä (FIN) 1999: Mika Myllylä (FIN) 2001: Johann Mühlegg (ESP) 2003: Martin Koukal (CZE) 2005: Frode Estil (NOR) 2007: Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR) 2009: Petter Northug (NOR) 2011: Petter Northug (NOR) 2013: Johan Olsson (SWE) 2015: Petter Northug (NOR) 2017: Alex Harvey (CAN) 2019: Hans Christer Holund (NOR) 2021: Emil Iversen (NOR) 2023: Pål Golberg (NOR)

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