Erkki Kohvakka
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Erkki Kohvakka (2 July 1937 – 23 January 2018) was a Finnish
orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a ...
competitor and European champion. He won a
gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have be ...
in the individual 1964
European Orienteering Championships The European Orienteering Championships were first held in 1962. They have been held biennially since 2000. From 2020, the European Orienteering Championships will be held annually, with sprint events and forest events in alternate years. Format T ...
in Le Brassus, and also a
gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have be ...
with the Finnish
relay team A relay race is a racing competition where members of a team take turns completing parts of racecourse or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games. Relay races are common in running, orientee ...
.European Orienteering Championship senior, statistics 1962-1964, 2000-
(Retrieved on June 4, 2008)
He was also member of the Finnish team that won the
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at the 1962 European championships, while not part of the official program. He received a
silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, et ...
in the
relay A relay Electromechanical relay schematic showing a control coil, four pairs of normally open and one pair of normally closed contacts An automotive-style miniature relay with the dust cover taken off A relay is an electrically operated switch ...
at the 1966
World Orienteering Championships The World Orienteering Championships (or WOC for short) is an annual orienteering event organized by the International Orienteering Federation. The first World Championships was held in Fiskars, Finland in 1966. They were held biennially up to 2 ...
with the Finnish team.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on June 4, 2008)


See also

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Finnish orienteers 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 ...
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List of orienteers This is a list of all orienteering competitors found in Wikipedia and notable within the orienteering sport. A * Alida Abola, Soviet Union * Christian Aebersold, Switzerland * Gunborg Ahling, Sweden * Katarina Allberg, Sweden * Johanna Al ...
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List of orienteering events This is a list of all orienteers events found in Wikipedia and which are notable within the orienteering sport. Foot Orienteering Championships World Championships * World Orienteering Championships * Junior World Orienteering Championships * ...


References

1937 births 2018 deaths Finnish orienteers Male orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Finland-orienteering-bio-stub