Urpo Korhonen
Urpo Pentti Korhonen (born February 8, 1923 in Rautalampi , † August 10, 2009 in Lahti ) was a Finnish cross-country skier .
Urpo Korhonen started for the Evon Mestäpojat association . He took part in the Winter Olympics in Oslo in 1952 and won the gold medal in the 4x10 kilometer relay race with Heikki Hasu , Paavo Lonkila and Tapio Mäkelä in front of the host Norwegians and the team from Sweden. It was also the win of the world title.
Web links
- Urpo Korhonen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Obituary (Finnish)
1936: Nurmela , Karppinen , Lähde , Jalkanen | 1948: Östensson , Täpp , Eriksson , Lindström | 1952: Hasu , Lonkila , Korhonen , Mäkelä | 1956: Terentjew , Kolchin , Anikin , Kusin | 1960: Alatalo , Mäntyranta , Huhtala , Hakulinen | 1964: Asph , Jernberg , Stefansson , Rönnlund | 1968: Martinsen , Tyldum , Grønningen , Ellefsæter | 1972: Voronkov , Skobow , Simaschow , Wedenin | 1976: Pitkänen , Mieto , Teurajärvi , Koivisto | 1980: Rotschew , Baschukow , Beljajew , Simjatow | 1984: Wassberg , Kohlberg , Ottosson , Svan | 1988: Ottosson , Wassberg , Svan , Mogren | 1992: Langli , Ulvang , Skjeldal , Dæhlie | 1994: De Zolt , Albarello , Vanzetta , Fauner | 1998: Sivertsen , Jevne , Dæhlie , Alsgaard | 2002: Aukland , Estil , Skjeldal , Alsgaard | 2006: Valbusa , Di Centa , Piller Cottrer , Zorzi | 2010: Richardsson , Olsson , Södergren , Hellner | 2014: Nelson , Richardsson , Olsson , Hellner | 2018: Tønseth , Sundby , Krüger , Klæbo
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| SURNAME | Korhonen, Urpo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Korhonen, Urpo Pentti |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish cross-country skier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rautalampi |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 2009 |
| Place of death | Lahti |