Sakari Salo (21 December 1919 – 13 December 2011) was a tennis and bandy player from Finland.

Tennis career

Salo represented

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from 1950 to 1963 in the

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competition. He made his Davis Cup debut during the 1950 Europe Zone first round tie against

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. During his Davis Cup career, Salo played in twenty-nine Davis Cup singles rubbers, winning thirteen, and in seventeen doubles rubbers, with four victories. Salo participated at the 1952 Wimbledon Championships playing in the

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, doubles and

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. In the mixed doubles, he partnered with his wife Thelma Salo, and reached the third round.

Bandy career

Salo represented Finland at the

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when

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was held as a

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. Salo won a bronze medal as a member of the Finnish team.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Salo, Sakari 1919 births 2011 deaths Finnish male tennis players Finnish bandy players Winter Olympics competitors for Finland Bandy players at the 1952 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics Tennis players from Helsinki 20th-century Finnish sportsmen

Tennis career

Bandy career

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