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 {{Finland-XC-skiing-bio-stub