Pauli Siitonen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Pauli Siitonen

Finnish cross-country skier

Date of Birth: 03-Feb-1938

Place of Birth: Rautjärvi, Southern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland

Profession: police officer, cross-country skier, orienteer

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Pauli Ensio Siitonen (born 3 February 1938) is a retired Finnish cross-country skier.
He was one of the most successful long-distance cross-country skiers of the 1970s, and in 1973 became the second Finnish skier to win Vasaloppet.
Siitonen competed at the 1968 Olympics, and won the Finlandia-hiihto in Finland and König-Ludwig-Lauf in West Germany. Siitonen is credited with popularizing the so-called Siitonen-step (or "marathon skate"), the precursor to modern skating technique in cross-country skiing.