Väinö Huhtala

Väinö Veikko Huhtala ( born December 24, 1935 in Revonlahti at Siikajoki ) is a former Finnish cross country skier who competed in the late 1950s and into the 1960s.

His most significant success is winning the gold medal with the Finnish 4x10 km relay at the Winter Olympics in 1960. In each case he won a relay silver medal at the 1962 World Cup and the Winter Olympics in 1964. Huhtalas best result at an Olympic individual race is the fourth place in the 15 - kilometer run in 1964.

Achievements

  • Olympic Winter Games in 1960 in Squaw Valley: Gold in the relay
  • Olympic Winter Games 1964 in Innsbruck: silver team
  • Nordic World Ski Championships 1962 in Zakopane: silver team
Finland 1960 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1962 List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Sulo Nurmela Klaes Karppinen Gunnar Eriksson Urpo Korhonen 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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