Sami Leinonen

{{short description|Finnish Nordic combined skier}}

Sami Petri Tapani Leinonen (born 30 September 1963) is a retired Finnish Nordic combined skier.

Representing the sports club Lahden Hiihtoseura, he competed in the Nordic Combined World Cup from the mid-1980s to around 1990.{{FIS|S=NC|ID=40884}} He finished 17th in the individual race at the 1988 Winter Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/sami-leinonen-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417180523/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/sami-leinonen-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Sami Leinonen|publisher=Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=12 October 2015}} His best individual World Cup finish was third place at a 15 km individual event in Sweden in 1988.