Tauno Olavi Käyhkö (born May 6, 1950 in
Rovaniemi
Rovaniemi ( , ; sme, Roavvenjárga ; smn, Ruávinjargâ; sms, Ruäʹvnjargg) is a city and municipality of Finland. It is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland's northernmost province, Lapland, and its southern part Per ...
) is a
Finnish-
Canadian
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former
ski jumper who competed from 1970 to 1980. At the
1972 Winter Olympics
The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe ...
in
Sapporo
( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city ...
, he finished fourth in the individual large hill event.
Käyhkö's best finish at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was fifth twice in the individual large hill events (1970, 1978). His best career finish was in an individual normal hill event in
West Germany
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in 1972.
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1950 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Rovaniemi
Ski jumpers at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Ski jumpers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Finnish male ski jumpers
Finnish emigrants to Canada
Olympic ski jumpers for Finland
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