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Finnish biathlete
Kalevi Huuskonen in 1961.
Kauko Kalevi Huuskonen (21 April 1932, in Vesanto – 7 January 1999) was a Finnish biathlete. In 1961, he won the Biathlon World Championships at the individual 20 kilometre distance.[1] In that same year he was named Finnish Sports Personality of the Year.
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World champions in men's biathlon – 20 km individual |
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World champions in men's biathlon – Team event |
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| 4 × 20 km (time) | |
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| 3 × 20 km (time) |
- 1959:
 (Vladimir Melanin, Dmitri Sokolov, )
- 1961:
 (Kalevi Huuskonen, , Antti Tyrväinen)
- 1962: (Vladimir Melanin, , Nikolay Puzanov)
- 1963: (Vladimir Melanin, , )
- 1965:
 (Olav Jordet, Ola Wærhaug, Ivar Nordkild)
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| 4 × 20 km |
- 1989: (Juri Kashkarov, Sergei Bulygin, Alexandr Popov, Sergei Tchepikov)
- 1990:
 (Raik Dittrich, Mark Kirchner, Birk Anders, Frank Luck)
- 1991:
 (Hubert Leitgeb, Gottlieb Taschler, , Wilfried Pallhuber)
- 1992:
 (Evgeny Redkin, , , Alexandr Popov)
- 1993:
 (Fritz Fischer, Frank Luck, Steffen Hoos, Sven Fischer)
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| 4 × 10 km |
- 1994: (Pieralberto Carrara, Hubert Leitgeb, Andreas Zingerle, Wilfried Pallhuber)
- 1995: (Frode Andresen, Dag Bjørndalen, Halvard Hanevold, Jon Åge Tyldum)
- 1996:
 (Oleg Ryzhenkov, , Alexandr Popov, Vadim Sashurin)
- 1997: (Oleg Ryzhenkov, , Alexandr Popov, Vadim Sashurin)
- 1998: (Egil Gjelland, Halvard Hanevold, Sylfest Glimsdal, Ole Einar Bjørndalen)
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