Väinö Veikko Sakari Huhtala (24 December 1935 – 18 June 2016) was a Finnish former
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 early 1960s. He won two medals in the 4 × 10 km relay at the
Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...
with a gold in
1960 and a silver in 1964. Huhtala also finished fourth in the 15 km event at the
1964 Winter Olympics
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label= Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...
in
Innsbruck.
He also won a silver medal in the
1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1962 took place February 18–25, 1962 in Zakopane, Poland. Zakopane became the second city to host the world championships three times (1929, 1939), joining Lahti, Finland (1926, 1938, and 1958). Women's 5&nb ...
in the 4 × 10 km relay.
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 silver)
References
External links
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Huhtala biography
1935 births
2016 deaths
Finnish male cross-country skiers
Cross-country skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Finland
Olympic silver medalists for Finland
People from Siikajoki
Sportspeople from North Ostrobothnia
20th-century Finnish people
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