Kalevi Hämäläinen
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Men's cross-country skiing | ||
Representing Finland | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1960 Squaw Valley | 50 km | |
World Championships | ||
1958 Lahti | 30 km | |
1958 Lahti | 4 × 10 km relay | |
1962 Zakopane | 50 km |
Kalevi Hämäläinen (13 December 1932 – 10 January 2005) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He won the 50 km event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. He was born in Juva.
Hämäläinen also won three medals in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 30 km (1958), and bronzes in the 4 × 10 km relay (1958) and the 50 km (1962).
Cross-country skiing results
[edit]All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]
Olympic Games
[edit]- 1 medal – (1 gold)
Year | Age | 15 km | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1956 | 23 | — | 20 | — | — |
1960 | 27 | — | 12 | Gold | — |
1964 | 31 | — | — | 16 | — |
World Championships
[edit]- 3 medals – (1 gold, 2 bronze)
Year | Age | 15 km | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1958 | 25 | 10 | Gold | 7 | Bronze |
1962 | 29 | — | — | Bronze | — |
References
[edit]- ^ "HAEMAELAEINEN Kalevi". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
External links
[edit]- Kalevi Haemaelaeinen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Kalevi Hämäläinen at Olympedia (archive)
- Kalevi Hämäläinen at Olympics.com
- Kalevi Hämäläinen at Olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish)
Categories:
- 1932 births
- 2005 deaths
- People from Juva
- Cross-country skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Finnish male cross-country skiers
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
- Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Finland
- Sportspeople from South Savo
- 20th-century Finnish sportsmen
- Finnish cross-country skiing biography stubs