Name Tapio Makela | Role Olympic athlete | |
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Olympic medals Cross-Country Skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics - Men\'s 18 km Similar People Paavo Lonkila, Heikki Hasu, Hallgeir Brenden | ||
Tapio Valfrid Mäkelä (12 October 1926 – 12 May 2016) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s.
He won the 4 x 10 km gold and the 18 km silver at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.
Mäkelä also won a gold in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
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