Olympic Competitor nr 1024
B. 1919-12-11, Finland; D. 1962-09-09
Gymnastics (3 gold, 2 bronze)
(*) On the Pommeled Horse in 1948, three finns (Heikki
Savolainen, Veikko Huhtanen and Paavo Aaltonen)
shared the gold medal.
(80 HP)
B. 1971-09-02, Oslo, Norway
Alpine Skiing (4 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
1992 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Super-G | gold | bronze | fifth | gold | gold | 41040 |
Downhill | 26th | silver | 13th | fourth | fourth | 6848.2 |
Combined | - | silver | dnf | gold | - | 11750 |
Giant Slalom | bronze | 12th | dnf | 7th | 2350 | |
Slalom | dnf | dnf | - | sixth | - | 640 |
62628.2 |
Winner of the Super-G in Albertville, Salt Lake City and Torino!
He was World Champion at Slalom and Giant Slalom in 1993, and Overall World
Cup winner in 1994.
B. 1928-03-25, Norway
Speed Skating (1 gold, 1 bronze)
1952 | 1956 | 1960 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1500 m | bronze | 10th | gold | 11325 |
11325 |
The gold at the 1500 m in Squaw Valley was shared with Yevgeny Grishin.
last modified 2002-10-27
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