Jorma Aksel Kortelainen (17 December 1932 – 27 December 2012) was a

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cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

and rower who competed in the 1950s. Kortelainen was born in

Pyhäselkä Pyhäselkä is a former municipality of Finland, now part of Joensuu. It seat was located in ''Hammaslahti''. Pyhäselkä is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality had a population ...

. He won a silver medal at the

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in the 4 × 10 km relay. He was also a successful rower who took part at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Kortelainen died in

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, at the age of 80, as a result of

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while being treated at the local hospital.

Cross-country skiing results

Olympic Games

*1 medal – (1 silver)

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Olympic profile
1932 births 2012 deaths Sportspeople from Joensuu Finnish male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Finland Cross-country skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Finnish male rowers Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Finland Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-XC-skiing-bio-stub