Finnish cross-country skier
Klaes Karppinen (also spelled Klaus ; 9 October 1907 – 24 January 1992) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s. He won a gold medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the 4 × 10 km relay. Karppinen was born in Iisalmi , Finland.
Karppinen's biggest successes were at the Nordic skiing World Championships where he earned 10 medals, including five golds (18 km: 1935, 4 × 10 km relay: 1934, 1935, 1938, 1939) and five silvers (18 km: 1939; 50 km: 1935, 1937, 1939; and 4 × 10 km relay: 1937).
Cross-country skiing results [ edit ]
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS) .[ 1]
Year
Age
18 km
50 km
4 × 10 km relay
1936
28
—
5
Gold
World Championships [ edit ]
10 medals – (5 gold, 5 silver)
Year
Age
18 km
50 km
4 × 10 km relay
1934
26
5
Silver
Gold
1935
27
Gold
Silver
Gold
1937
29
—
Silver
Silver
1938
30
14
5
Gold
1939
31
Silver
Silver
Gold
1936 : Sulo Nurmela , Klaes Karppinen , Matti Lähde , Kalle Jalkanen (FIN )
1948 : Nils Östensson , Nils Täpp , Gunnar Eriksson , Martin Lundström (SWE )
1952 : Heikki Hasu , Paavo Lonkila , Urpo Korhonen , Tapio Mäkelä (FIN )
1956 : Fyodor Terentyev , Pavel Kolchin , Nikolay Anikin , Vladimir Kuzin (URS )
1960 : Toimi Alatalo , Eero Mäntyranta , Väinö Huhtala , Veikko Hakulinen (FIN )
1964 : Karl-Åke Asph , Sixten Jernberg , Janne Stefansson , Assar Rönnlund (SWE )
1968 : Odd Martinsen , Pål Tyldum , Harald Grønningen , Ole Ellefsæter (NOR )
1972 : Vladimir Voronkov , Yuri Skobov , Fyodor Simashev , Vyacheslav Vedenin (URS )
1976 : Matti Pitkänen , Juha Mieto , Pertti Teurajärvi , Arto Koivisto (FIN )
1980 : Vasily Rochev , Nikolay Bazhukov , Yevgeny Belyayev , Nikolay Zimyatov (URS )
1984 : Thomas Wassberg , Benny Kohlberg , Jan Ottosson , Gunde Svan (SWE )
1988 : Jan Ottosson , Thomas Wassberg , Gunde Svan , Torgny Mogren (SWE )
1992 : Terje Langli , Vegard Ulvang , Kristen Skjeldal , Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR )
1994 : Maurilio De Zolt , Marco Albarello , Giorgio Vanzetta , Silvio Fauner (ITA )
1998 : Sture Sivertsen , Erling Jevne , Bjørn Dæhlie , Thomas Alsgaard (NOR )
2002 : Anders Aukland , Frode Estil , Kristen Skjeldal , Thomas Alsgaard (NOR )
2006 : Fulvio Valbusa , Giorgio Di Centa , Pietro Piller Cottrer , Cristian Zorzi (ITA )
2010 : Daniel Rickardsson , Johan Olsson , Anders Södergren , Marcus Hellner (SWE )
2014 : Lars Nelson , Daniel Rickardsson , Johan Olsson , Marcus Hellner (SWE )
2018 : Didrik Tønseth , Martin Johnsrud Sundby , Simen Hegstad Krüger , Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR )
2022 : Aleksey Chervotkin , Alexander Bolshunov , Denis Spitsov , Sergey Ustiugov (ROC )
1933: Per-Erik Hedlund , Sven Utterström , Nils-Joel Englund , Hjalmar Bergström
1934: Sulo Nurmela , Klaes Karppinen , Martti Lappalainen , Veli Saarinen
1935: Mikko Husu , Klaes Karppinen , Väinö Liikkanen , Sulo Nurmela
1937: Annar Ryen , Oskar Fredriksen , Sigurd Røen , Lars Bergendahl
1938: Jussi Kurikkala , Martti Lauronen , Pauli Pitkänen , Klaes Karppinen
1939: Pauli Pitkänen , Olavi Alakulppi , Eino Olkinuora , Klaes Karppinen
1950: Nils Täpp , Karl-Erik Åström , Martin Lundström , Enar Josefsson
1954: August Kiuru , Tapio Mäkelä , Arvo Viitanen , Veikko Hakulinen
1958: Sixten Jernberg , Lennart Larsson , Sture Grahn , Per-Erik Larsson
1962: Lars Olsson , Sture Grahn , Sixten Jernberg , Assar Rönnlund
1966: Odd Martinsen , Harald Grønningen , Ole Ellefsæter , Gjermund Eggen
1970: Vladimir Voronkov , Valery Tarakanov , Fyodor Simashev , Vyacheslav Vedenin
1974: Gerd Heßler , Dieter Meinel , Gerhard Grimmer , Gert-Dietmar Klause
1978: Sven-Åke Lundbäck , Christer Johansson , Tommy Limby , Thomas Magnuson
1982: Lars Erik Eriksen , Ove Aunli , Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass , Oddvar Brå 0 and Vladimir Nikitin , Oleksandr Batyuk , Yuriy Burlakov , Alexander Zavyalov
1985: Arild Monsen , Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass , Tor Håkon Holte , Ove Aunli
1987: Erik Östlund , Gunde Svan , Thomas Wassberg , Torgny Mogren
1989: Christer Majbäck , Gunde Svan , Lars Håland , Torgny Mogren
1991: Øyvind Skaanes , Terje Langli , Vegard Ulvang , Bjørn Dæhlie
1993: Sture Sivertsen , Vegard Ulvang , Terje Langli , Bjørn Dæhlie
1995: Sture Sivertsen , Erling Jevne , Bjørn Dæhlie , Thomas Alsgaard
1997: Sture Sivertsen , Erling Jevne , Bjørn Dæhlie , Thomas Alsgaard
1999: Markus Gandler , Alois Stadlober , Mikhail Botvinov , Christian Hoffmann
2001: Frode Estil , Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset , Thomas Alsgaard , Tor Arne Hetland
2003: Anders Aukland , Frode Estil , Tore Ruud Hofstad , Thomas Alsgaard
2005 : Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset , Frode Estil , Lars Berger , Tore Ruud Hofstad
2007 : Eldar Rønning , Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset , Lars Berger , Petter Northug
2009 : Eldar Rønning , Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset , Tore Ruud Hofstad , Petter Northug
2011 : Martin Johnsrud Sundby , Eldar Rønning , Tord Asle Gjerdalen , Petter Northug
2013 : Tord Asle Gjerdalen , Eldar Rønning , Sjur Røthe , Petter Northug
2015 : Niklas Dyrhaug , Didrik Tønseth , Anders Gløersen , Petter Northug
2017 : Didrik Tønseth , Niklas Dyrhaug , Martin Johnsrud Sundby , Finn Hågen Krogh
2019 : Emil Iversen , Martin Johnsrud Sundby , Sjur Røthe , Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
2021 : Pål Golberg , Emil Iversen , Hans Christer Holund , Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
2023 : Hans Christer Holund , Pål Golberg , Simen Hegstad Krüger , Johannes Høsflot Klæbo