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Name
  
Mikko Merilainen


Role
  
Olympic athlete

Born
  
November 4, 1927 (age 96) Sotkamo (
1927-11-04
)

Mikko Meriläinen (born November 4, 1927) is a Finnish skier.

Meriläinen was a member of the national Olympic military patrol team in 1948 which reached the second place. His military rank at his time was Sotamies. Mikko Meriläinen, Sotkamon Jymy, was a Finnish Nordic combined athlete, who competed in the late 1940s and in the early 1950s. Mikko Meriläinen represented Finland at two Winter Olympics in 1948 St. Moritz, Switzerland (Military patrol team, the second place) and in 1952 Holmenkollen, Oslo. He was also a member of the Finnish Nordic combined team at the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lake Placid, New York.

References

Mikko Meriläinen Wikipedia