Benjamin Vanninen

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Benjamin Vanninen Cross-country skiing
nation FinlandFinland Finland
birthday June 29, 1921
place of birth Rautalakhti , Finland
date of death July 22, 1975
Place of death Heinola , Finland
Career
society Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
bronze 1948 St. Moritz 50 km
 

Benjam Benjamin Vanninen (born June 29, 1921 in Rautalakhti , † July 22, 1975 in Heinola ) was a Finnish cross-country skier .

Vanninen, who started for the Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura, took second place over 18 km at the Finnish championships in 1945 and 1947. In 1946 and 1947 he won the 50 km run in Ounasvaara . In early March 1945 he came in second place over 50 km at the Lahti Ski Games . The following year he won the Lahti Ski Games over 50 km for the first time. He repeated this two years later in front of his brother Pekka Vanninen . At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz , he won the bronze medal over 50 km.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Benjamin Vanninen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
  2. ↑ a b Results Lahti Ski Games
personal data
SURNAME Vanninen, Benjamin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vanninen, benjam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Rautalakhti
DATE OF DEATH July 22, 1975
Place of death Heinola