Martti Lappalainen
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Full name | Martti Eemil Lappalainen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1902-04-11)11 April 1902 Liperi, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 October 1941(1941-10-06) (aged 39) Mäntysova, East Karelia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Martti Eemil Lappalainen (11 April 1902 – 6 October 1941) was a Finnish cross-country skier and biathlete.
Biography
He was born in Liperi and was killed in action in Mäntysova, East Karelia.
Lappalainen was a part of the Military patrol for Finland that took silver in the 1924 Winter Olympics.
He won the 50 km cross-country skiing event at Holmenkollen 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 Finn Anton Collin, who won the 50 km event in 1922.
At the 1928 Winter Olympics he finished seventh in the 18 km event and ninth in the 50 km event.
Four years later he finished fourth in the 18 km event at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. He also participated in the 50 km event but did not finish.
At the 1934 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sollefteå he won a gold in the 4 × 10 km relay and a bronze in the 18 km.[1]
He was killed in action during World War II.[2]
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[3]
Olympic Games
Year | Age | 18 km | 50 km |
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1928 | 25 | 7 | 9 |
1932 | 29 | 4 | DNF |
World Championships
- 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)
Year | Age | 17 km | 18 km | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
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1926 | 23 | — | — | 6 | — | — |
1930 | 27 | 6 | — | — | 4 | — |
1934 | 31 | — | Bronze | — | — | Gold |
1938 | 35 | — | — | — | 39 | — |
References
- ^ Olympic Review (195–206). International Olympic Committee: 85. 1984.
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(help) - ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "LAPPALAINEN Martti". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
External links
- Martti Lappalainen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 February 2007) - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
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- 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 and Vladimir 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