Eero Kolehmainen
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Eero Kolehmainen
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 Kolehmainen at the 1956 Olympics | |||||||||||
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| Born | 24 March 1918 Anttola, Finland | ||||||||||
| Died | 7 December 2013 (aged 95) Mikkeli, Finland | ||||||||||
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||
| Sport | Cross-country skiing | ||||||||||
| Club | Anttolan Urheilijat | ||||||||||
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Eero Johannes Kolehmainen (24 March 1918 – 7 December 2013) was a Finnish cross-country skier. He competed in the 50 km event at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1952, placing fourth in 1956. In 1957, aged 39, he won the 50 km races at the Holmenkollen ski festival and Lahti Ski Games. The same year, he was awarded the Holmenkollen medal. Kolehmainen's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was fifth over 50 km in 1958. He was a farmer by occupation.[1]
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External links[edit]
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Eero Kolehmainen at the International Ski Federation
Holmenkollen medalists at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 February 2007) – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
Holmenkollen winners since 1892 at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 February 2007) – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
Report on Eero Kolehmainen's 90th birthday (in Finnish)
Eero Kolehmainen on IMDb
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- Olympic cross-country skiers of Finland
- Cross-country skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Finland
- Finnish male cross-country skiers
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- Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
- Cross-country skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics
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