Tauno Olavi Sipilä (7 November 1921,
Multia,
Central Finland
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- 9 July 2001) was a
Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s. At the
1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in
Falun
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, he finished fifth in the 30 km event.
Sipilä also finished eighth in the 18 km event at the
1952 Winter Olympics
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in
Oslo
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.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
World Championships
References
External links
Discontinued men's Olympic cross-country skiing events
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1921 births
2001 deaths
People from Multia
Olympic cross-country skiers for Finland
Cross-country skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Finnish male cross-country skiers
Skiers from Central Finland
20th-century Finnish sportsmen
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