Rene Rinnekangas

Rene Rinnekangas (born 25 September 1999) is a Finnish snowboarder. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics[1] in both slopestyle and BigAir, placing 28th and 22nd respectively. He competed in the 2019 Winter X Games in slopestyle earning a Silver Medal, and in BigAir, placing 5th. He competed in the 2020 Winter X Games placing 8th Archived 30 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine in the slopestyle competition, 4th in BigAir, and competed in the Wendy's Knuckle Huck ranking 5th Archived 23 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine. The 2021 Winter X Games were held with no audience due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Rinnekangas placed 3rd Archived 30 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine in slopestyle earning a bronze medal and placed 8th Archived 30 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine in BigAir. During the 2022 Winter X Games, Rinnekangas finished 5th Archived 30 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine in slopestyle and secured a bronze medal for 3rd place Archived 24 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine in Mens BigAir.

Rene Rinnekangas
Personal information
NationalityFinnish
Born (1999-09-25) 25 September 1999
Iisalmi, Finland
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
CountryFinland
SportSnowboarding
Event(s)Slopestyle

BigAir

Knuckle Huck
Medal record
Men's Snowboarding
Representing  Finland
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2021 AspenSlopestyle
Winter X Games
Silver medal – second place2019 AspenSlopestyle
Bronze medal – third place2021 AspenSlopestyle
Bronze medal – third place2022 AspenBig air
Winter Youth Olympics
Bronze medal – third place2016 LillehammerSlopestyle

Rinnekangas started snowboarding at age four alongside his older brother, Riko, in the small town of Iisalmi, Finland. "I just had to try it out because everything he did was the coolest thing ever."[2]. He also plays bass guitar in his brother's punk bank, Kätfish.[3]

References
  1. "Snowboard – Athlete Profile: Rene RINNEKANGAS – Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. p-themes. "Rome Snowboards - All Ways Down". Rome SDS US. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  3. Tarmo, Eero. "Nuoret ja raikkaat: Kätfish". Soundi.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 April 2021.


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