Juhani Kärkinen
Finnish ski jumper (1935-2019)
Juhani Tapio Antero Kärkinen (28 October 1935 – 29 August 2019) was a Finnish ski jumper. He won a gold medal in the large hill at the 1958 World Ski Championships. He placed eighth in the normal hill at the 1960 Winter Olympics.[1][2][3] He was born in Kotka, Finland.
Kärkinen died on 29 August 2019 in Lahti, Finland at the age of 83.[4]
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- ↑ Juhani Kärkinen. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Juhani Kaarkinen at the International Ski Federation
- ↑ Jukka Lindfors (15 February 2007) Juhani ja Kalevi Kärkinen olivat maailmanmestari ja sen veli. Anssi Kukkonen vierailee Kärkisten kotona, jossa palkintokaapit pullistelevat pokaaleja.
- ↑ Väänänen, Ville; Holopainen, Pekka (2019-08-29). "Mäkihypyn maailmanmestari Juhani Kärkinen kuollut" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
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