Urpo Korhonen

Pentti Korhonen Urpo ( born February 8, 1923 in Rautalampi; † August 10, 2009 in Lahti ) was a Finnish cross-country skiers.

Urpo Korhonen started for the club Evon Mestäpojat. He participated in the Olympic Winter Games in 1952 partly in Oslo, where she won together with Heikki Hasu, Paavo Tapio Mäkelä Lonkila and the gold medal in the 4x10 -kilometer relay race in front of the host Norwegians and the team from Sweden. It was at the same time winning the World Championship title.

1952 Winter Olympics List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Sulo Nurmela Klaes Karppinen Gunnar Eriksson Fyodor Terentyev Toimi Alatalo Veikko Hakulinen Janne Stefansson Odd Martinsen Yuri Skobov Vasily Pavlovich Rochev Nikolay Zimyatov Thomas Wassberg Benny Kohlberg Gunde Svan Terje Langli Kristen Skjeldal Marco Albarello Giorgio Vanzetta Sture Sivertsen Anders Aukland Frode Estil Fulvio Valbusa Giorgio Di Centa Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi Daniel Richardsson Marcus Hellner List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in men's cross-country skiing Per-Erik Hedlund Nils-Joel Englund Veli Saarinen Mikko Husu Lars Bergendahl Eino Olkinuora Sture Grahn Gjermund Eggen Gerhard Grimmer Gert-Dietmar Klause Ove Aunli Alexander Zavyalov Alois Stadlober Markus Gandler Christian Hoffmann Tor Arne Hetland Lars Berger Petter Northug Martin Johnsrud Sundby
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