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Urpo Peltonen
Urpo is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Urpo Korhonen (1923–2009), Finnish cross-country skier *Urpo Lahtinen, Finnish magazine publisher *Urpo Pikkupeura (born 1957), former ice speed skater from Finland *Urpo Sivula (born 1988), Finnish professional volleyball player *Urpo Ylönen (born 1943), goaltending coach and a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga See also *The Urpo Ylönen trophy The Urpo Ylönen trophy is an ice hockey award given by the Finnish Liiga to the best goalie of the season. It is named for Urpo Ylönen, former goaltender and later goaltender coach. In 2019 it was awarded to Veini Vehviläinen of Kärpät. Troph ... is an ice hockey award given by the Finnish SM-liiga to the best goalie of the season {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urpo Korhonen
Urpo Pentti Korhonen (8 February 1923, Rautalampi – 10 August 2009) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1940s and 1950s. He was born in Rautalampi. He won a gold medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ... in the 4 × 10 km relay. Cross-country skiing results Olympic Games External linksFinland's 1952 Winter Olympic medalsUrpo Korhonen's obituary 1923 births 2009 deaths People from Rautalampi Finnish male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers of Finland Cross-country skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from North Savo 20th-century Finnish peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urpo Lahtinen
Urpo Juhani Lahtinen was a Finland, Finnish magazine publisher. He was born on 22 April 1931 in Helsinki and died on 15 October 1994 in Tampere. Urpo Lahtinen started his journalistic career in 1952 writing for the Social Democratic paper ''Eteenpäin'' in Kotka, continuing in ''Kansan Lehti'' of Tampere. In 1957 he started a free tabloid ''Tamperelainen'' (delivered to every household in Tampere), which was published by Lahtinen's own company called Lehtimiehet. Urpo Lahtinen's best-known publication was ''Hymy'' ("The Smile") magazine, which was launched in 1959 and was named after his wife Hymy Lahtinen, specializing in "human interest" type of journalism. In the 1960s and 1970s ''Hymy'' became a success with its sensationalist and scandal stories containing much celebrity sex and gossip, often verging on the invasion of privacy. The most famous writer for ''Hymy'' was Veikko Ennala, and probably one of the most infamous ''Hymy'' stories was about the author Timo K. Mukka, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urpo Pikkupeura
Urpo Paavo Pikkupeura, a.k.a. Upi, (born March 22, 1957 in Rovaniemi) is a former ice speed skater from Finland, who represented his native country at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija .... References External links SkateResults 1957 births Living people Finnish male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters of Finland People from Rovaniemi Sportspeople from Lapland (Finland) {{Finland-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urpo Sivula
Urpo Sivula (born 15 March 1988) is a Finnish professional volleyball player. During the 2008 season he played in the Finland Volleyball league team Pielaveden Sampo. Sivula plays wing-spiker. Junior years Sivula started his career with his friends at seven years old. His first team was Kurun Ryhti, from Kuru. Soon his talent began to be recognized and Sivula started to play in Virtain Veikot, where he won two Finland Junior Championships. When Sivula turned sixteen he moved to Kuortane. There he started study and training with the best junior players in Finland. For two years he lived in Kuortane and played third highest level in Finland during the 2004–2005 season, and second highest level in Finland during the 2005–2006 season. He became Finland's junior team captain in 2004, and also he played on the Finland national team with boys two years older than he. There he became friends with Mikko and Matti Oivanen, Simo-Pekka Olli and Konstantin Shumov. National team Before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urpo Ylönen
Urpo Yrjö Juhani Ylönen (born 25 May 1943 in Käkisalmi, Finland) is a goaltending coach and a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for TuTo and TPS. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988 and to the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1997. SM-liiga has named the goalie of the year award after him; the Urpo Ylönen trophy. After his sporting career, Ylönen has made a renowned career as the head goaltending coach of TPS. Many European experts have called Ylönen "the best goaltending coach in Europe, if not in the world". Ylönen has been producing top level goalies year after year, including Miikka Kiprusoff, Fredrik Norrena, Antero Niittymäki Antero Pertti Elias Niittymäki (; born June 18, 1980) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender who last played for TPS of the SM-liiga (Finnish elite league). He additionally played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the P ..., Jani Hurme, Alexander Salak and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
