Lauri Silvennoinen

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Lauri Silvennoinen Cross-country skiing
Full name Lauri Johannes Silvennoinen
nation FinlandFinland Finland
birthday November 7, 1916
place of birth Kesalahti
date of death December 24, 2004
Place of death Lahti
Career
society Lahden Hiihtoseura
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
silver 1948 St. Moritz Season
 

Lauri Johannes Silvennoinen (born November 7, 1916 in Kesälahti , † December 24, 2004 in Lahti ) was a Finnish cross-country skier . His greatest success was the silver rank in the relay at the Olympic Winter Games in 1948 ; At the Nordic World Championships in 1941 he had won gold in the relay and bronze in individual over 18 km, but in 1946 the championship was deleted from the results lists because of the irregular conditions caused by the war.

In March 1937 he was third in the Lahti Ski Games over 17 km. In 1938 he first took part in a Nordic World Cup, but his international career was interrupted by World War II during his prime; During the war he became Finnish champion twice: in 1943 over 18 km and in 1944 over 30 km. At the Lahti Ski Games in 1943 he won over 18 km and took second place over 50 km. The following year he took third place over 18 km.

Silvennoinen was a police officer by profession. After his active time, he remained loyal to cross-country skiing as a trainer and official of the Lahti Ski Club and the Finnish Ski Association .

literature

  • Markku Siukonen: Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906-2000 . Graface Jyväskylä, 2001, ISBN 951-98673-1-7 , p. 308.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Results Lahti Ski Games
personal data
SURNAME Silvennoinen, Lauri
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Silvennoinen, Lauri Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Kesalahti
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 2004
Place of death Lahti