Tapio Mäkelä
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Tapio Valfrid Mäkelä (12 October 1926 – 12 May 2016)[1] was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s.
Medal record | ||
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Men's cross-country skiing | ||
Representing Finland | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1952 Oslo | 4 × 10 km relay | |
1952 Oslo | 18 km | |
World Championships | ||
1954 Falun | 4 × 10 km relay |
He won the 4 × 10 km relay gold and the 18 km silver at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.
Mäkelä also won a gold in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
Cross-country skiing results
[edit]All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]
Olympic Games
[edit]- 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver)
Year | Age | 18 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
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1952 | 25 | Silver | — | Gold |
World Championships
[edit]- 1 medal – (1 gold)
Year | Age | 15 km | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1954 | 27 | 5 | — | — | Gold |
References
[edit]- ^ "Viestihiihdon olympiavoittaja Tapio Mäkelä kuoli 89-vuotiaana". Savon Sanomat (in Finnish). 15 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ "MAEKELAE Tapio". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
External links
[edit]- Tapio Maekelae at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Tapio Mäkelä at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1926 births
- 2016 deaths
- People from Nastola
- Finnish male cross-country skiers
- Olympic cross-country skiers for Finland
- Cross-country skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Finland
- Olympic silver medalists for Finland
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
- Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from Päijät-Häme
- 20th-century Finnish people
- Finnish Winter Olympic medalist stubs
- Finnish cross-country skiing biography stubs