Kari Härkönen

Kari Härkönen (born 16 July 1959) is a Finnish former cross country skier who competed during the early 1980s. He won two medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 15 km in 1985 and a bronze in the 4 x 10 km (1982, shared with East Germany). He was born in Ristijärvi.

Härkönen also finished 13th in the 15 km event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.

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World champions in men's 18 km/15 km cross-country

18 km	1925: Otakar Německý (TCH) 1927: John Lindgren (SWE) 1929: Veli Saarinen (FIN - 17 km) 1930: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR - 17 km) 1931: Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) 1933: Nils-Joel Englund (SWE) 1934: Sulo Nurmela (FIN) 1935: Klaes Karppinen (FIN) 1937: Lars Bergendahl (NOR) 1938: Pauli Pitkänen (FIN) 1939: Jussi Kurikkala (FIN) 1950: Karl-Erik Åström (SWE)

15 km	1954: Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) 1958: Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) 1962: Assar Rönnlund (SWE) 1966: Gjermund Eggen (NOR) 1970: Lars-Göran Åslund (SWE) 1974: Magne Myrmo (NOR) 1978: Józef Łuszczek (POL) 1982: Oddvar Brå (NOR) 1985: Kari Härkönen (FIN) 1987: Marco Albarello (ITA) 1989 freestyle: Gunde Svan (SWE) 1989 classical: Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) 1991: Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 2001: Per Elofsson (SWE) 2003: Axel Teichmann (GER) 2005: Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA) 2007: Lars Berger (NOR) 2009: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) 2011: Matti Heikkinen (FIN) 2013: Petter Northug (NOR) 2015: Johan Olsson (SWE)

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