Career
He competed at five consecutive Olympics in 1952–1968, winning two gold medals and a silver. Linnosvuo was born in Vaasa, but grew up in Helsinki, where he played ice hockey with Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi, and basketball and football with Sudet. He took up shooting aged 15, first with a rifle, but then changed to pistol, which was easier to handle for a left-handed person.
He took part in five world championships, but medalled only in his first one in 1954.
While competing, in 1957-1965 Linnosvuo was employed by South Group, a Finnish retailing organization. After that he worked with M-real Corporation, a Finnish pulp and paper company, and coached Finnish, West German, Swiss and Norwegian national pistol teams.
From 1983 to 1999 he served as president of the Finnish Hunting Association and in 1995-1998 headed the Finnish Olympic Winners Association.