Väinö Huhtala
Full name	Väinö Veikko Sakari Huhtala
Born	(1935-12-24)24 December 1935 Revonlahti, Finland
Died	18 June 2016(2016-06-18) (aged 80) Jämsä, Finland[1]
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Ski club	Revonlahden Reipas Jämsänkosken Ilves
Medal record Men's cross-country skiing Representing  Finland Olympic Games 1960 Squaw Valley 4 × 10 km relay 1964 Innsbruck 4 × 10 km relay World Championships 1962 Zakopane 4 × 10 km relay

Väinö Veikko Sakari Huhtala (24 December 1935 – 18 June 2016) was a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed in the early 1960s. He won two medals in the 4 × 10 km relay at the Winter Olympics with a gold in 1960 and a silver in 1964. Huhtala also finished fourth in the 15 km event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.

He also won a silver medal in the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in the 4 × 10 km relay.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).^[2]

Olympic Games

• 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver)

World Championships

• 1 medal – (1 silver)

References

External links

• Väinö Huhtala at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Väinö Huhtala at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Huhtala biography (in Finnish)

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