Kalle Jalkanen
 Kalle Jalkanen in 1936 where he won his gold medal in the 4 x 10km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 10 May 1907 Suonenjoki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 September 1941 (aged 34) Kirjasalo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kalle Jalkanen (10 May 1907 in Suonenjoki – 5 September 1941 in Kirjasalo) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the late 1930s. He won a gold medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the 4 × 10 km relay. He won the relay along with Sulo Nurmela, Klaes Karppinen and Matti Lähde.[1]
Jalkanen's biggest successes were at the Nordic skiing World Championships where he earned four medals, including one gold (50 km: 1938), two silvers (18 km and 4 × 10 km relay: both 1937), and one bronze (18 km: 1938)
He was killed during World War II.[2]
Cross-country skiing results
[edit]All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[3]
Olympic Games
[edit]- 1 medal – (1 gold)
| Year | Age | 18 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
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| 1936 | 28 | 12 | — | Gold |
World Championships
[edit]- 4 medals – (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
| Year | Age | 18 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
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| 1937 | 29 | Silver | 4 | Silver |
| 1938 | 30 | Bronze | Gold | — |
| 1939 | 31 | 4 | — | — |
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kalle Jalkanen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "JALKANEN Kalle". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
External links
[edit]- Kalle Jalkanen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Kalle Jalkanen at Olympedia
- Kalle Jalkanen at Olympics.com
- Kalle Jalkanen at Olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish)
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