Leo Linkovesi

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Leo Ensio Linkovesi (8 April 1947 – 7 November 2006) was a Finnish speedskater who specialised on the shorter distances, the 500 m and the 1000 m.

Linkovesi was born in Helsinki, Finland. He won the first ever official World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in 1972. In January of that year in 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. At the 1972 Winter Olympics, Linkovesi placed sixth on the 500 m. Linkovesi died in Kerava, Finland at the age of 59.

World records

Discipline	Time	Date	Location
500 m	0.38,0	January 8, 1972	Davos
Sprint combination	156.500	January 8, 1972	Davos

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[1]

References

↑ "Leo Linkovesi". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

Leo Linkovesi at SpeedSkatingStats.com

World champions in men's sprint speed skating

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Name	Linkovesi, Leo
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Short description	Finnish speed skater
Date of birth	8 April 1947
Place of birth
Date of death	7 November 2006
Place of death

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