Kalevi Hämäläinen

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Kalevi Hämäläinen
Medal record
Men's cross country skiing
Competitor for  Finland
Olympic Games
Gold 1960 Squaw Valley 50 km
World Championships
Gold 1958 Lahti 30 km
Bronze 1958 Lahti 4 x 10 km
Bronze 1962 Zakopane 50 km

Kalevi Hämäläinen (December 13, 1932 January 10, 2005) is a former Finnish cross country skier who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He won the 50 km event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. He was born in Juva.

Hämäläinen also won three medals in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 30 km (1958), and bronzes in the 4 x 10 km (1958) and the 50 km (1962).

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