Paavo Lonkila
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Born | (1923-01-11)11 January 1923 Kiuruvesi, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 September 2017(2017-09-22) (aged 94) Kiuruvesi, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 157 cm (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 53–54 kg (117–119 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Cross-country skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Kiuruveden Jänne, Kiuruvesi | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Paavo Olavi Lonkila (born Lång on 11 January 1923 – 22 September 2017)[1] was a Finnish cross-country skier. He won a gold medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1952 Olympics and finished third in the individual 18 km race, 11 seconds behind his teammate Tapio Mäkelä. Earlier his 4 × 10 km relay team placed second at the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where he finished fifth over 18 km. He won the 18 km event at the 1951 Holmenkollen ski festival. Lonkila was a farmer by occupation.[2]
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[3]
Olympic Games
- 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)
Year | Age | 18 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
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1952 | 29 | Bronze | — | Gold |
World Championships
- 1 medal – (1 silver)
Year | Age | 18 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
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1950 | 27 | 5 | — | Silver |
References
- ^ "OS-guldmedaljören Paavo Lonkila död | Sport | svenska.yle.fi".
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Paavo Lonkila". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ "LINKILA Paavo". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
External links
- Paavo Lonkila at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
- Paavo Lonkila, a Famous Kiuruvesi sportsman
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- 1936: Sulo Nurmela, Klaes Karppinen, Matti Lähde, Kalle Jalkanen (FIN)
- 1948: Nils Östensson, Nils Täpp, Gunnar Eriksson, Martin Lundström (SWE)
- 1952: Heikki Hasu, Paavo Lonkila, Urpo Korhonen, Tapio Mäkelä (FIN)
- 1956: Fyodor Terentyev, Pavel Kolchin, Nikolay Anikin, Vladimir Kuzin (URS)
- 1960: Toimi Alatalo, Eero Mäntyranta, Väinö Huhtala, Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)
- 1964: Karl-Åke Asph, Sixten Jernberg, Janne Stefansson, Assar Rönnlund (SWE)
- 1968: Odd Martinsen, Pål Tyldum, Harald Grønningen, Ole Ellefsæter (NOR)
- 1972: Vladimir Voronkov, Yuri Skobov, Fyodor Simashev, Vyacheslav Vedenin (URS)
- 1976: Matti Pitkänen, Juha Mieto, Pertti Teurajärvi, Arto Koivisto (FIN)
- 1980: Vasily Rochev, Nikolay Bazhukov, Yevgeny Belyayev, Nikolay Zimyatov (URS)
- 1984: Thomas Wassberg, Benny Kohlberg, Jan Ottosson, Gunde Svan (SWE)
- 1988: Jan Ottosson, Thomas Wassberg, Gunde Svan, Torgny Mogren (SWE)
- 1992: Terje Langli, Vegard Ulvang, Kristen Skjeldal, Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
- 1994: Maurilio De Zolt, Marco Albarello, Giorgio Vanzetta, Silvio Fauner (ITA)
- 1998: Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
- 2002: Anders Aukland, Frode Estil, Kristen Skjeldal, Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
- 2006: Fulvio Valbusa, Giorgio Di Centa, Pietro Piller Cottrer, Cristian Zorzi (ITA)
- 2010: Daniel Rickardsson, Johan Olsson, Anders Södergren, Marcus Hellner (SWE)
- 2014: Lars Nelson, Daniel Rickardsson, Johan Olsson, Marcus Hellner (SWE)
- 2018: Didrik Tønseth, Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Simen Hegstad Krüger, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR)
- 2022: Aleksey Chervotkin, Alexander Bolshunov, Denis Spitsov, Sergey Ustiugov (ROC)
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