Tapio Mäkelä

Tapio Valfrid Mäkelä (12 October 1926 – 12 May 2016) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s.

He won the 4 × 10 km relay gold and äkeläthe 18 km silver at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.

Mäkelä also won a gold in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver)

World Championships

1 medal – (1 gold)

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1926 births

2016 deaths

People from Nastola

Finnish male cross-country skiers

Olympic cross-country skiers for Finland

Cross-country skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Olympic gold medalists for Finland

Olympic silver medalists for Finland

Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing

Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Sportspeople from Päijät-Häme

20th-century Finnish people