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Place of Birth: Vaasa, Finland
About Pentti Linnosvuo
- Pentti Tapio Akseli Linnosvuo (17 March 1933 – 13 July 2010) was a Finnish sport shooter.
- Together with Alfred Lane, he is the only Olympic competitor to win gold medals in both 50 m pistol and 25 m rapid fire pistol – the technique differs much between these two events, and hence few modern top-level shooters attempt to excel in both.
- He competed at five consecutive Olympics in 1952–1968, winning two gold medals and a silver.Linnosvuo was born in Vaasa, but grew up in Helsinki, where he played ice hockey with Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi, and basketball and football with Sudet.
- He took up shooting aged 15, first with a rifle, but then changed to pistol, which was easier to handle for a left-handed person.
- In 1951 he won his first national title, and at the 1952 Olympics placed fifth in the 25 m rapid fire event.
- He later won 15 more national titles in 1952–1967 and served as the Finnish flag bearer at the 1968 Olympics.
- He took part in five world championships, but medalled only in his first one in 1954.While competing, in 1957–65 Linnosvuo was employed by S Group, a Finnish retailing organization.
- After that he worked with M-real Corporation, a Finnish pulp and paper company, and coached Finnish, West German, Swiss and Norwegian national pistol teams.
- From 1983 to 1999 he served as president of the Finnish Hunting Association and in 1995–98 headed the Finnish Olympic Winners Association.
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