Tauno Timoska

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Tauno Johannes Timoska (born April 5, 1932 in Turku ) is a former Finnish bandy and hockey player .

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki he was in the squad of the Finnish national hockey team. However, Finland lost the game against Belgium 6-0. In Finland he won nine championships with the "Nuijamiehet".

In the bandy he won the silver medal in 1957 and the bronze medal at the 1961 world championships . Timoska scored 29 goals in 32 international matches. With his club Käpylän Urheilu-Veikot he was twice Finnish champion (1958 and 1959).