Name Arto Koivisto | Role Olympic athlete | |
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Olympic medals Cross-Country Skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics - Men's 15km | ||
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Arto Koivisto (born 7 December 1948 in Isojoki) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed in the 1970s. He won the 4 x 10 km gold and the 15 km bronze at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.
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Koivisto also won the 15 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1976.
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Doping ban
Koivisto tested positive for ephedrine and codine at the 1981 Finnish Skiing Championships, and lost two bronze medals. He claimed the source of the substances was a cough medicine prescribed to him by a doctor, and he got a one-month sanction from the sport.
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