Teuvo Johannes Laukkanen (16 July 1919 – 14 May 2011) was a
Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1940s.
He was born and died in
Pielavesi.
He won a silver medal at the
1948 Winter Olympics
The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1948 (; ), were a winter multi-sport event held from 30 January to 8 February 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the ...
in
St. Moritz
St. Moritz ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in the administrative region of Maloja in the Swiss ...
in the 4 × 10 km relay.
Cross-country skiing results
Olympic Games
* 1 medal – (1 bronze)
External links
Finland's 1948 Winter Olympic medals*
ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110717003707/http://www.iisalmensanomat.fi/uutiset/urheilu/teuvo-laukkaselle-pro-urheilu-tunnustus/306509 Article on Teuvo Laukkanen at age 89Teuvo Laukkanen's profile at Sports Reference.com
1919 births
2011 deaths
People from Pielavesi
Finnish male cross-country skiers
Olympic cross-country skiers for Finland
Cross-country skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Finland
Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
Medalists at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Skiers from North Savo
20th-century Finnish sportsmen
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