Rolf Turkka
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| bronze | Helsinki 1952 | 6 m class |
Rolf Fredrik Turkka (born August 30, 1915 in Lahti , † November 29, 1989 in Espoo ) was a Finnish sailor .
successes
Rolf Turkka took part twice in the Olympic Games in the 6-meter class. At the Olympic Games in London in 1948 , he finished ninth as a crew member of the Raili , before finishing third with the Ralia four years later in Helsinki . Together with the other crew members Adolf Account , Paul Sjöberg and Ragnar Jansson as well as skipper Ernst Westerlund , he secured the bronze medal behind the Americans led by Herman Whiton and the Norwegian boat led by Finn Ferner .
Web links
- Rolf Turkka in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Turkka, Rolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Turkka, Rolf Fredrik (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish sailor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lahti , Finland |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 1989 |
| Place of death | Espoo , Finland |