Olavi „Olli“ Remes (8 September 1909 – 31 December 1942)
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Remes was born in Iisalmi
Iisalmi (; ) is a cities of Finland, town and municipalities of Finland, municipality in the regions of Finland, region of Northern Savonia in Finland. It is located north of Kuopio and south of Kajaani. The municipality has a population of (), ...
and died in Krivi, East Karelia
East Karelia (, ), also rendered as Eastern Karelia or Russian Karelia, is a name for the part of Karelia that is beyond the eastern border of Finland and since the Treaty of Stolbovo in 1617 has remained Eastern Orthodox and a part of Russia. I ...
.
He won a bronze medal in 50 km at the 1934 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. In the 1936 Winter Olympics
The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936, were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 February 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Nazi Ger ...
he participated in the demonstration event, military patrol
Military patrol is a team winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. Formerly ski mountaineering was also part of the sport. It is usually contested between countries or milit ...
(precursor to biathlon
The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not ti ...
), and finished second in the team event.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
World Championships
* 1 medal – (1 bronze)
References
External links
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1909 births
1942 deaths
People from Iisalmi
Finnish military patrol (sport) runners
Finnish male cross-country skiers
Military patrol competitors at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Olympic biathletes for Finland
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
Knights of the Mannerheim Cross
Finnish military personnel killed in World War II
Skiers from North Savo
20th-century Finnish sportsmen
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