Kauko Esko Järvinen (15 December 1907 – 7 March 1976) 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 ...

competitor in the

Nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever 1924 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympic ...

and

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 ki ...

(precursor to

biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not tim ...

). He won an individual bronze medal in the Nordic combined at the 1929 World Championships. At the

1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; german: II. Olympische Winterspiele; it, II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. M ...

he finished fifth in the

and 22nd in the ski jumping event. He also placed second in the team military patrol, which was a

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at those Olympics, and served as the flag bearer for Finland at the opening ceremony. After retiring from competitions Järvinen opened a ski manufacturing factory in

Lahti Lahti (; sv, Lahtis) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is the capital of the region of Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme) and its growing region is one of the main economic hubs of Finland. Lahti is situated on a bay at the southern e ...

, which ran until 1974 and went bankrupt in 1991, yet his son continued small-scale production of wooden skis. His brother

Erkki Erkki is a Finnish and Estonian given name (derived from Erik). Notable people with the name include: * Erkki Aadli (born 1974), Estonian orienteer * Erkki Aaltonen (1910–1990), Finnish composer * Erkki Ala-Könni (1911– 1996), Finnish ...

was an Olympic

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er.

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* 1907 births 1976 deaths Sportspeople from Lahti People from Häme Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish male Nordic combined skiers Finnish male ski jumpers Finnish military patrol (sport) runners Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Finland Olympic ski jumpers for Finland Olympic biathletes for Finland Nordic combined skiers at the 1928 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1928 Winter Olympics Military patrol competitors at the 1928 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined {{Finland-skijumping-bio-stub