Klaes Karppinen
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| Olympic Games
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| Gold | 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 4 x 10 km
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| World Championships
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| Gold | 1934 Sollefteå | 4 x 10 km
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| Gold | 1935 Vysoké Tatry | 18 km
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| Gold | 1935 Vysoké Tatry | 4 x 10 km
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| Gold | 1938 Lahti | 4 x 10 km
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| Gold | 1939 Zakopane | 4 x 10 km
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| Silver | 1935 Vysoké Tatry | 50 km
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| Silver | 1937 Chamonix | 4 x 10 km
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| Silver | 1937 Chamonix | 50 km
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| Silver | 1939 Zakopane | 18 km
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| Silver | 1939 Zakopane | 50 km |
Klaes or Klaus Karppinen (9 October 1907 Iisalmi – 24 January 1992), was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s. 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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- 1934: Finland
- 1935: Finland
- 1937: Norway
- 1938: Finland
- 1939: Finland
- 1950: Sweden
- 1954: Finland
- 1958: Sweden
- 1962: Sweden
- 1966: Norway:
- 1970: Soviet Union:
- 1974: East Germany
- 1978: Sweden
- 1982: Norway
- and Soviet Union
- 1985: Norway
- 1987: Sweden
- 1989: Sweden
- 1991: Norway
- 1993: Norway
- 1995: Norway
- 1997: Norway
- 1999: Austria
- 2001: Norway
- 2003: Norway
- 2005: Norway:
- 2007: Norway
- 2009: Norway:
- 2011: Norway:
- 2013: Norway:
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| Name |
Karppinen, Klaes |
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| Short description |
Cross-country skier |
| Date of birth |
9 October 1907 |
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| Date of death |
24 January 1992 |
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