Hannu Mäkirinta (30 April 1949 – 17 February 1989)Profile of Hannu Mäkirinta
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 s ...

competitor. At the 1974

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 20 ...

in Silkeborg he finished 16th in the ''individual event'', and received a

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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 ...

'' with the Finnish team. In 1976 he finished 15th in the ''individual event'', and received a bronze in the ''relay''.

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1949 births 1989 deaths Finnish male orienteers Finnish foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Finland-orienteering-bio-stub

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