Vello Kaaristo (before 1936 Vassili Krassikov; 17 March 1911 in

Narva Narva is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in the Ida-Viru County, at the Extreme points of Estonia, eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva (river), Narva river which forms the Estonia–Russia border, E ...

– 14 August 1965) was the first

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n cross-country skier to compete in the Olympics. At 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 ...

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, he placed 30th in the 18 km event with a time of 1'25:11, and 23rd in the 50 km event with a time of 4'02:52.

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Vello Kaaristo's profile
at Sports Reference 1911 births 1965 deaths Estonian male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Estonia Cross-country skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Narva 20th-century Estonian people {{Estonia-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub