Finnish cross-country skier and biathlete
Martti Lappalainen
Personal information Full name Martti Eemil Lappalainen Born (1902-04-11 ) 11 April 1902Died 6 October 1941(1941-10-06) (aged 39) Sport Sport Skiing
Martti Eemil Lappalainen (11 April 1902 – 6 October 1941) was a Finnishcross-country skier andbiathlete .
He was born inLiperi and was killed in action inMäntysova ,East Karelia .
Lappalainen was a part of theMilitary patrol for Finland that took silver in the1924 Winter Olympics .
He won the 50 km cross-country skiing event atHolmenkollen ski festival in 1928. As a result of this victory, he became the second non-Norwegian winner of any event run up to that point, behind fellow FinnAnton Collin , who won the 50 km event in 1922.
At the1928 Winter Olympics he finished seventh in the18 km event and ninth in the50 km event .
Four years later he finished fourth in the18 km event at the1932 Winter Olympics inLake Placid, New York . He also participated in the50 km event but did not finish.
At the1934 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships inSollefteå he won a gold in the 4 × 10 km relay and a bronze in the 18 km.[ 1]
He was killed in action duringWorld War II .[ 2]
Cross-country skiing results [ edit ] All results are sourced from theInternational Ski Federation (FIS) .[ 3]
World Championships [ edit ] 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze) Year Age 17 km 18 km 30 km 50 km 4 × 10 km 1926 23 — — 6 — — 1930 27 6 — — 4 — 1934 31 — Bronze — — Gold 1938 35 — — — 39 —
4 × 10 km 1933:Per-Erik Hedlund ,Sven Utterström ,Nils-Joel Englund ,Hjalmar Bergström 1934:Sulo Nurmela ,Klaes Karppinen ,Martti Lappalainen ,Veli Saarinen 1935:Mikko Husu ,Klaes Karppinen ,Väinö Liikkanen ,Sulo Nurmela 1937:Annar Ryen ,Oskar Fredriksen ,Sigurd Røen ,Lars Bergendahl 1938:Jussi Kurikkala ,Martti Lauronen ,Pauli Pitkänen ,Klaes Karppinen 1939:Pauli Pitkänen ,Olavi Alakulppi ,Eino Olkinuora ,Klaes Karppinen 1950:Nils Täpp ,Karl-Erik Åström ,Martin Lundström ,Enar Josefsson 1954:August Kiuru ,Tapio Mäkelä ,Arvo Viitanen ,Veikko Hakulinen 1958:Sixten Jernberg ,Lennart Larsson ,Sture Grahn ,Per-Erik Larsson 1962:Lars Olsson ,Sture Grahn ,Sixten Jernberg ,Assar Rönnlund 1966:Odd Martinsen ,Harald Grønningen ,Ole Ellefsæter ,Gjermund Eggen 1970:Vladimir Voronkov ,Valery Tarakanov ,Fyodor Simashev ,Vyacheslav Vedenin 1974:Gerd Heßler ,Dieter Meinel ,Gerhard Grimmer ,Gert-Dietmar Klause 1978:Sven-Åke Lundbäck ,Christer Johansson ,Tommy Limby ,Thomas Magnuson 1982:Lars Erik Eriksen ,Ove Aunli ,Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass ,Oddvar Brå 0 andVladimir Nikitin ,Oleksandr Batyuk ,Yuriy Burlakov ,Alexander Zavyalov 1985:Arild Monsen ,Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass ,Tor Håkon Holte ,Ove Aunli 1987:Erik Östlund ,Gunde Svan ,Thomas Wassberg ,Torgny Mogren 1989:Christer Majbäck ,Gunde Svan ,Lars Håland ,Torgny Mogren 1991:Øyvind Skaanes ,Terje Langli ,Vegard Ulvang ,Bjørn Dæhlie 1993:Sture Sivertsen ,Vegard Ulvang ,Terje Langli ,Bjørn Dæhlie 1995:Sture Sivertsen ,Erling Jevne ,Bjørn Dæhlie ,Thomas Alsgaard 1997:Sture Sivertsen ,Erling Jevne ,Bjørn Dæhlie ,Thomas Alsgaard 1999:Markus Gandler ,Alois Stadlober ,Mikhail Botvinov ,Christian Hoffmann 2001:Frode Estil ,Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset ,Thomas Alsgaard ,Tor Arne Hetland 2003:Anders Aukland ,Frode Estil ,Tore Ruud Hofstad ,Thomas Alsgaard 2005 :Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset ,Frode Estil ,Lars Berger ,Tore Ruud Hofstad 2007 :Eldar Rønning ,Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset ,Lars Berger ,Petter Northug 2009 :Eldar Rønning ,Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset ,Tore Ruud Hofstad ,Petter Northug 2011 :Martin Johnsrud Sundby ,Eldar Rønning ,Tord Asle Gjerdalen ,Petter Northug 2013 :Tord Asle Gjerdalen ,Eldar Rønning ,Sjur Røthe ,Petter Northug 2015 :Niklas Dyrhaug ,Didrik Tønseth ,Anders Gløersen ,Petter Northug 2017 :Didrik Tønseth ,Niklas Dyrhaug ,Martin Johnsrud Sundby ,Finn Hågen Krogh 2019 :Emil Iversen ,Martin Johnsrud Sundby ,Sjur Røthe ,Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 2021 :Pål Golberg ,Emil Iversen ,Hans Christer Holund ,Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 2023 :Hans Christer Holund ,Pål Golberg ,Simen Hegstad Krüger ,Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 4 × 7.5 km
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