Julius Skutnabb

Julius_Skutnabb
Full name	Julius Ferninand Skutnabb
nation	Finland
birthday	June 12, 1889
place of birth	Helsinki ,  Finland
date of death	February 26, 1965
Place of death	Helsinki ,  Finland
Career
discipline	Speed ​​skating
Medal table
winter Olympics 1 × 2 × 0 × M all-around medals 0 × 0 × 1 ×
winter Olympics silver Chamonix 1924 5000 m gold Chamonix 1924 10,000 m bronze Chamonix 1924 All-around silver St. Moritz 1928 5000 m

Julius Ferninand Skutnabb (born June 12, 1889 in Helsinki , † February 26, 1965 there ) was a Finnish speed skater .

The firefighter made his debut at the all-round world championships in 1914. His promising career was interrupted by the First World War and he was only able to collect titles on a national level. Skutnabb was Finnish all-round champion in 1914, 1916 and 1917. In 1922 the world championships were resumed and he finished fifth in 1922 at the age of almost 32 and sixth in 1923.

Julius_Skutnabb 1924 in Chamonix

His best year in speed skating was 1924. At the Olympic Games in Chamonix , he was Olympic champion in speed skating. After winning the silver medal over 5,000 meters behind Clas Thunberg , he became Olympic champion over 10,000 meters the next day, this time ahead of Clas Thunberg, who won silver. In the first and only all-around competition at the Olympic Games in 1924, he won the bronze medal.

At the age of 38, he won another silver over 5,000 meters at the Olympic Games in St. Moritz in 1928 .

Personal bests

route	time	date	place
500 m	44.8 sec	1926
1500 m	2: 24.2 min	1926
5000 m	8: 44.0 min	1926
10,000 m	17: 59.3 min	1922

Web links

Commons : Julius Skutnabb  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Julius Skutnabb in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Statistics at speed skating news