August "Aku" Eskelinen (16 July 1898 – 10 June 1987) was a

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and shooting sports, rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into sh ...

who competed in the

1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french: Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 ( frp, Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France ...

. Eskelinen was born in

Iisalmi Iisalmi (; sv, Idensalmi) is a town and municipality in the region of Northern Savonia in Finland. It is located north of Kuopio and south of Kajaani. The municipality has a population of (), which makes it the second largest of the five towns ...

. In 1924 he was a member of the Finnish

military patrol Military patrol was a team winter sport in which athletes competed in cross-country skiing, ski mountaineering and rifle shooting. It was usually contested between countries or military units. The military patrol competition encompassed 25 kil ...

team which won the silver medal.

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1898 births 1987 deaths People from Iisalmi People from Kuopio Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish military patrol (sport) runners Olympic biathletes of Finland Military patrol competitors at the 1924 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Finland Medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from North Savo 20th-century Finnish people {{Skimountaineering-bio-stub