Tapio Mäkelä

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Medal record
Olympic Games
Men's cross country skiing
Gold 1952 Oslo 4 x 10 km
Silver 1952 Oslo 18 km
World Championships
Gold 1954 Falun 4 x 10 km

Tapio Valfrid Mäkelä (born October 12, 1926) is a former Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s.

He was born in Nastola.

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

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

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