Matti Lähde

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Matti Lähde Cross-country skiing
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Full name Matti Ensio Lähde
nation FinlandFinland Finland
birthday May 14, 1911
place of birth Pellisenranta
date of death May 2, 1978
Place of death Lappeenranta
Career
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Season
 

Matti Ensio Lähde (born May 14, 1911 in Pellisenranta , † May 2, 1978 in Lappeenranta ) was a Finnish cross-country skier and Olympic champion.

Lähde took second place over 17 km at the Lahti Ski Games in 1935. At the Olympic Winter Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1936 , he was Olympic champion with the Finnish relay . He also achieved 15th place over 18 km there. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in 1938 , he ran in 16th place over 18 km. In 1941 he won the 50km run at the Lahti Ski Games. At Finnish championships he won over 17 km in 1935, over 18 km in 1939 and in 1945 with the relay of Kuopion Poliisi-Urheilijat .

Matti Lähde was a police officer by profession. He had seven children.

literature

  • Siukonen, Markku: Urheilukunniamme puolustajat - Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000. Pp. 192-193. Graface Jyväskylä, 2001. ISBN 951-98673-1-7 .
  • Antti O. Arponen: Viestisankarit. Olympiavoittajien Kalle Jalkasen yes Matti Lähteen elämäntarinat. 2005.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Results Lahti Ski Games
personal data
SURNAME Lähde, Matti
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lähde, Matti Ensio (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish cross-country skier and Olympic champion
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Pellisenranta
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1978
Place of death Lappeenranta