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Lasse Paakkonen (born July 8 1986 in Raahe) is a Finnish cross country skier who has been competing since he was seven years old. He finished tenth in the team sprint event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.Paakkonen’s best World Cup finish was 15th in an individual sprint event at Germany in 2009. Although concentrating in the sprint event he has also won National Championship medals in long-distance events.Lasse Paakkonen lives in Jyväskylä Finland.