Eino Olkinuora

	Eino Olkinuora
nation	Finland
birthday	November 11, 1915
place of birth	Kaukola , Russian Empire
date of death	October 20, 1941
Place of death	Gavrilovskaya , Soviet Union
Career
society	Suonenjoen Vasama ; Helsingin Hiihtäjät
End of career	1941
Medal table
Nordic World Ski Championships
	last change: February 20, 2009

Eino Olkinuora (born November 11, 1915 in Kaukola , Grand Duchy of Finland , today Sevastjanowo, Priosjorsk Rajon , Leningrad Oblast , Russia ; † October 20, 1941 in Gavrilowskaja , Soviet Union ) was a Finnish cross-country skier who lived in the late 1930s and early 1940s was active. He belonged to the Suonenjoen Vasama and Helsingin Hiihtäjät associations.

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in 1938 , he finished 46th out of 187 participants in an individual race over 18 km. At the World Championships in 1939 and 1941 he won the gold medal with the 4 × 10-km relay . The FIS declared the 1941 World Championship to be invalid five years later, which is why this medal has no official status.

Eino Olkinuora died as a soldier in World War II .

successes

Nordic World Ski Championships 1939 in Zakopane : Gold with the 4 × 10 km relay
Nordic World Ski Championships 1941 in Cortina d'Ampezzo : Gold with the 4 × 10 km relay

swell

Results of the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti (PDF file; 265 kB)

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personal data
SURNAME	Olkinuora, Eino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Finnish cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH	November 11, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kaukola , Grand Duchy of Finland
DATE OF DEATH	October 20, 1941
Place of death	Gavrilovskaya