Aulis Kallakorpi (1 January 1929 in

Kuusankoski Kuusankoski is a neighbourhood of city of Kouvola, former industrial town and municipality of Finland, located in the region of Kymenlaakso in the province of Southern Finland. The population of Kuusankoski was 20,392 (2003) and the total are ...

– 15 May 2005 in

Mikkeli Mikkeli (; sv, S:t Michel; la, Michaelia) is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in what used to be the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Etelä-Savo region. The municipality has a population of () (around 34,000 ...

) was a

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...

. He won a silver medal in the Individual large hill event at the 1956 Winter Olympics. Kallakorpi also won the ski jumping event at the

Holmenkollen ski festival The Holmenkollen Ski Festival ( no, Holmenkollen skifestival or ) is a traditional annual Nordic skiing event in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway. The full official name of the event is Holmenkollen FIS World Cup Nordic. History It takes place in March ...

in 1955.

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* * * - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file 1929 births 2005 deaths People from Kuusankoski Ski jumpers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Finnish male ski jumpers Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Olympic ski jumpers for Finland Olympic silver medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Kymenlaakso 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-skijumping-bio-stub