Eero Johannes Naapuri (29 December 1918,

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– 14 December 1987,

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) was a Finnish

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''Onnistunut juhla Taistelijan Talolla''
(Finnish). and skier. Naapuri was born in

. He was the leader of the national Olympic military patrol team in

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which placed second. His military rank at his time was

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. At the Nordic World Ski Championships 1950 he also finished second with his military patrol.''Historia englanniksi-a short story of military sports in Finland''
. He died in

External links

Picture of Eero Naapuri

References

1918 births 1987 deaths Sportspeople from Hämeenlinna Finnish military patrol (sport) runners Olympic biathletes for Finland Military patrol competitors at the 1948 Winter Olympics {{Finland-wintersport-bio-stub