About Kari Sallinen
Born 1959. Kari Sallinen is a Finnish orienteer.
Kari Sallinen (born September 24, 1959) is a Finnish orienteering competitor. He was the first Finn who won the Individual World Orienteering Championships. The competition was held in the year 1985 in Bendigo, Australia. He was also part of the Finnish team that obtained bronze in the 1981 Relay World Championship in Thun, Switzerland. He won the Jukola relay in 1987.
His mother is Raili Sallinen.
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Finnish orienteer
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Kari Sallinen was born on 24 September 1959 in Helsinki.
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Kari Sallinen is an orienteer.
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Kari Sallinen is Finnish.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Kari Sallinen. https://biography.guide/kari-sallinen/
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