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Tapio Valfrid Mäkelä (12 October 1926 – 12 May 2016) was a Finnish
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 ...
who competed in the 1950s. He won the 4 × 10 km relay gold and the 18 km silver at the
1952 Winter Olympics The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 6. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 6. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, was a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 195 ...
in
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. Mäkelä also won a gold in the 4 × 10 km relay at the
1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1954 took place 13-21 February 1954 in Falun, Sweden. These were the first races where women competed with events in the 10 km and 3 × 5 km relay. It also saw the 18 km reduced to 15 km in men's cross-country ...
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Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).


Olympic Games

* 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver)


World Championships

* 1 medal – (1 gold)


References


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* * 1926 births 2016 deaths People from Nastola Finnish male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers of Finland Cross-country skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Finland Olympic silver medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Päijät-Häme 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-XC-skiing-bio-stub