Jaakko Tapio Tallus (born 23 February 1981 in

Lieksa Lieksa () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. ...

) is a

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 ...

athlete from

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who won gold (4 x 5 km team) and silver (15 km individual) medals at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

and a bronze (4 x 5 km team) medal at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

. He also earned three medals at the

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship e ...

in the 4 x 5 km team events with one gold (2007) and two bronze (2001, 2003). Tallus has three individual career victories, all earned in

in 1998. He also has three World Cup victories in team events between 2001 and 2007.

References

* * 1981 births Finnish male Nordic combined skiers Living people Nordic combined skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Finland Olympic silver medalists for Finland Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Finland People from Lieksa Olympic medalists in Nordic combined FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from North Karelia 21st-century Finnish people {{nordic-skiing-bio-stub