Klaes Karppinen

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Medal record
Men's cross country skiing
Olympic Games
Gold	1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	4 x 10 km
World Championships
Gold	1934 Sollefteå	4 x 10 km
Gold	1935 Vysoké Tatry	18 km
Gold	1935 Vysoké Tatry	4 x 10 km
Gold	1938 Lahti	4 x 10 km
Gold	1939 Zakopane	4 x 10 km
Silver	1935 Vysoké Tatry	50 km
Silver	1937 Chamonix	4 x 10 km
Silver	1937 Chamonix	50 km
Silver	1939 Zakopane	18 km
Silver	1939 Zakopane	50 km

Klaes or Klaus Karppinen (October 9, 1907 Iisalmi - 1992), was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1930's. He won a gold medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the 4 x 10 km relay.

Karppinen's biggest successes were at the Nordic skiing World Championships where he earned 10 medals, including 5 golds (18 km: 1935, 4 x 10 km: 1934, 1935, 1938, 1939) and 5 silvers (18 km: 1939; 50 km: 1935, 1937, 1939; and 4 x 10 km: 1937).

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Olympic champions in men's 4 x 10 km cross country relay

1936 Finland Sulo Nurmela, Klaes Karppinen, Matti Lähde, & Kalle Jalkanen 1948 Sweden Nils Östensson, Nils Täpp, Gunnar Eriksson, & Martin Lundström 1952 Finland Heikki Hasu, Paavo Lonkila, Urpo Korhonen, & Tapio Mäkelä 1956 Soviet Union Fyodor Terentyev, Pavel Kolchin, Nikolai Anikin, & Vladimir Kuzin 1960 Finland Toimi Alatalo, Eero Mäntyranta, Väinö Huhtala, & Veikko Hakulinen 1964 Sweden Karl-Åke Asph, Sixten Jernberg, Janne Stefansson, & Assar Rönnlund 1968 Norway Odd Martinsen, Pål Tyldum, Harald Grønningen, & Ole Ellefsæter 1972 Soviet Union Vladimir Voronkov, Yuri Skobov, Fyodor Simashev, & Vyacheslav Vedenin 1976 Finland Matti Pitkänen, Juha Mieto, Pertti Teurajärvi, & Arto Koivisto 1980 Soviet Union Vasily Rochev, Nikolay Bazhukov, Yevgeniy Belyayev, & Nikolay Zimyatov 1984 Sweden Thomas Wassberg, Benny Tord Kohlberg, Jan Ottosson, Gunde Svan 1988 Sweden Jan Ottosson, Thomas Wassberg, Gunde Svan & Torgny Mogren 1992 Norway Terje Langli, Vegard Ulvang, Kristen Skjeldal & Bjørn Dæhlie 1994 Italy Maurilio De Zolt, Marco Albarello, Giorgio Vanzetta & Silvio Fauner 1998 Norway Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, & Thomas Alsgaard 2002 Norway Anders Aukland, Frode Estil, Kristen Skjeldal, & Thomas Alsgaard 2006 Italy Fulvio Valbusa, Giorgio di Centa, Pietro Piller Cottrer, & Cristian Zorzi

World champions in men's 15 km cross country

As 18km - 1925: Otakar Nemecky | 1927: John Lindgren | 1929: Veli Saarinen | 1930: Arne Rustadstuen | 1931: Johan Grøttumsbråten | 1933: Nils-Joel Englund | 1934: Sulo Nurmela | 1935: Klaes Karppinen | 1937: Lars Bergendahl | 1938: Pauli Pitkänen | 1939: Jussi Kurikkala | 1950: Karl-Erik Åström

As 15km - 1954: Veikko Hakulinen | 1958: Veikko Hakulinen | 1962: Assar Rönnlund | 1966: Gjermund Eggen | 1970: Lars-Göran Åslund | 1974: Magne Myrmo | 1978: Józef Łuszczek | 1982: Oddvar Brå | 1985: Kari Härkönen | 1987: Marco Albarello | 1989 freestyle: Gunde Svan | 1989 classical: Harri Kirvesniemi | 1991: Bjørn Dæhlie | 2001: Per Elofsson | 2003: Axel Teichmann | 2005: Pietro Piller Cottrer

World champions in men's 4 x 10 km cross country relay

1933 Sweden Per Erik Hedlund, Sven Utterström, Nils-Joel Englund, & Hjalmar Bergström 1934 Finland Sulo Nurmela, Klaes Karppinen, Martti Lappalainen, & Veli Saarinen 1935 Finland Mikko Husu, Klaes Karppinen, Väinö Liikkanen, & Sulo Nurmela 1937 Norway Annar Ryen, Oskar Fredriksen, Sigurd Røen, & Lars Bergendahl 1938 Finland Jussi Kurikkala, Martti Lauronen, Pauli Pitkänen, & Klaes Karppinen 1939 Finland Pauli Pitkänen, Olavi Alakulppi, Eino Olkinuora, & Klaes Karppinen 1950 Sweden Nils Täpp, Karl-Erik Åström, Martin Lundström, & Enar Josefsson 1954 Finland August Kiuru, Tapio Mäkelä, Arvo Viitanen, & Veikko Hakulinen 1958 Sweden Sixten Jernberg, Lennart Larsson, Sture Grahn, & Per-Erik Larsson 1962 Sweden Lars Olsson, Sture Grahn, Sixten Jernberg, & Assar Rönnlund 1966 Norway Odd Martinsen, Harald Grønningen, Ole Ellefsæter, & Gjermund Eggen 1970 Soviet Union Vladimir Voronkov, Valeriy Tarakanov, Fyodor Simashev & Vyacheslav Vedenin 1974 East Germany Gerd Hessler, Dieter Meinel, Gerhard Grimmer & Gert-Dietmar Klause 1978 Sweden Sven-Åke Lundbäck, Christer Johannson, Tommy Linnby & Thomas Magnusson 1982 Norway Lars-Erik Eriksen, Ove Aunli, Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass, & Oddvar Brå 1982 Soviet Union Vladimir Nikitin, Aleksandr Batyuk, Yuriy Burlakov, & Aleksandr Savyalov 1985 Norway Arild Monsen, Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass, Tor Håkon Holte, & Ove Aunli 1987 Sweden Erik Östlund, Gunde Svan, Thomas Wassberg, & Torgny Mogren 1989 Sweden Christer Majbäck, Gunde Svan, Lars Håland, & Torgny Mogren 1991 Norway Øyvind Skaanes, Terje Langli, Vegard Ulvang, & Bjørn Dæhlie 1993 Norway Sture Sivertsen, Vegard Ulvang, Terje Langli, & Bjørn Dæhlie 1995 Norway Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, & Thomas Alsgaard 1997 Norway Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, & Thomas Alsgaard 1999 Austria Markus Gandler, Alois Stadlober, Mikhail Botvinov, & Christian Hoffman 2001 Norway Frode Estil, Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Thomas Alsgaard, & Tor Arne Hetland 2003 Norway Anders Aukland, Frode Estil, Tore Ruud Hofstad, & Thomas Alsgaard 2005 Norway Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Frode Estil, Lars Berger, & Tore Ruud Hofstad