Leo Linkovesi
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Leo Linkovesi (born 8 April 1947, died 7 November 2006) was a Finnish speedskater who specialised on the shorter distances 500-m and 1000-m. He won the first ever official International Skating Union World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in 1972. In January that year at Davos he also set world records on the 500-m with 38.0 and in the sprint combination with 156.500 (38,7 – 1.19,3 / 38,0 – 1.20,3). Remarkably, three other skaters (Hasse Börjes, Erhard Keller and Lasse Efskind) equalled the 38.0 world record time before it was lowered by Yevgeny Kulikov to 37.99 in 1975. In the 1972 Winter Olympics, Likovesi placed 6th on the 500-m.
