Harald Christopher Wegelius, born 13 September 1944 in

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

,Christopher Wegelius
Sports Reference. Retrieved 2 September 2014. is a Finnish former

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and

show jumper Show jumping is a part of a group of English riding equestrian events that also includes eventing, hunters, and equitation. Jumping classes are commonly seen at horse shows throughout the world, including the Olympics. Sometimes shows are li ...

. He was involved with the collapse of Skopbank in the Finnish banking crisis of the early 1990s, but was finally cleared by the

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in 2000. Christopher Wegelius is the most successful Finnish

and the latest Finn at the Olympics. He took part in the

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finishing 12th place in the Individual Jumping Grand Prix. Wegelius was married to English-born Elizabeth Jane Murray from 1971 to 1981 and their son is the professional cyclist

Charly Wegelius Charles "Charly" Wegelius (born 26 April 1978 in Espoo, Finland) is a British former professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist. Never a winner of a professional race individually, Wegelius nevertheless made a career out of being a ...

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