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Rene Rinnekangas
Finnish snowboarder
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.
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]
