Veikko Hakulinen

Veikko Hakulinen

Medal record
Men's cross country skiing
Competitor for  Finland
Olympic Games
Gold	1952 Oslo	50 km
Gold	1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	30 km
Gold	1960 Squaw Valley	4 x 10 km
Silver	1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	50 km
Silver	1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	4 x 10 km
Silver	1960 Squaw Valley	50 km
Bronze	1960 Squaw Valley	15 km
World Championships
Gold	1954 Falun	15 km
Gold	1954 Falun	4 x 10 km
Gold	1958 Lahti	15 km
Silver	1954 Falun	30 km
Silver	1954 Falun	50 km
Silver	1958 Lahti	50 km
Bronze	1958 Lahti	4 x 10 km
Men's biathlon
World Championships
Silver	1963 Seefeld	20 km team

Veikko Johannes Hakulinen (4 January 1925 – 24 October 2003) was a Finnish forestry technician and cross country skier, triple champion in both the olympics and world championship competition in cross country skiing. Besides his main forte, he also competed in biathlon, orienteering, ski-orienteering, cross country running and rowing at a national level and continued in senior competition.

Biography

Hakulinen was born in Kurkijoki (now part of the Republic of Karelia), Viipuri Province and died in Valkeakoski after a traffic accident.

Sports teams Hakulinen has represented in his career include Asikkalan Raikas, Valkeakosken Haka, Jämsänkosken Ilves, Evon Metsäpojat, Tampereen Hiihtoseura, Tampereen Pyrintö and Tampereen Maila.

In the 1952 Winter Olympics, Hakulinen won the 50 km gold with the legendary and memorable time of 3:33.33. Finland also won gold in the 4 x 10 km relay, ahead of Norway, but Hakulinen was not on the team (which had Heikki Hasu, Paavo Lonkila, Urpo Korhonen, and Tapio Mäkelä). Hakulinen was however on Finland's winning relay team in the 1960 Winter Olympics, and won the 30 km gold in the 1956 Winter Olympics. His fourth Olympics were the 1964 Winter Olympics, where he competed as a biathloner.

In Finland, Hakulinen was chosen sports personality of the year in the years 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1960. He was decorated with the Pro Urheilu letter of recognition 2000.

Hakulinen also won the 50 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival twice (1953 and 1955), the 18 km (1953) and the 15 km (1957). For his efforts in cross-country skiing, Hakulinen was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1955 (shared with King Haakon VII, Hallgeir Brenden, and Sverre Stenersen).

Hakulinen's military rank was sergeant. He died in Valkeakoski in a car accident on 24 October 2003.^[1]

Accomplishments

World Championships

• Falun 1954 - 2 gold (15 km, relay) and 2 silver (30 km and 50 km)
• Lahti 1958 - gold (15 km), silver (50 km) and bronze (relay)

National level competition

National championships 4 in years inclusive 1954-1963 National championships in the 4 x 10 km team relay event 5 times in within 1954-1964.

Biathlon

• World championships, Seefeld 1963 - silver (team competition), sixth (20 km)
• Olympics, Innsbruck 1964 - 15th (20 km)
• World championships, Elverum 1965 - fifth (team competition), 31st (20 km)

Bibliography

• Hakulinen, Veikko. Haku-Veikko, suurhiihtäjä Veikko Hakulisen muistelmat 1999 (an autobiography)
• Kolkka, Sulo. Veikko Hakulinen, latujen valtias 1960 (biography)

References

External links

Media related to Veikko Hakulinen at Wikimedia Commons

• Veikko Hakulinen at the International Ski Federation
• Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)

Olympic champions in men's 30 km cross-country skiing 1956: Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) 1960: Sixten Jernberg (SWE) 1964: Eero Mäntyranta (FIN) 1968: Franco Nones (ITA) 1972: Vyacheslav Vedenin (URS) 1976: Sergey Savelyev (URS) 1980: Nikolay Zimyatov (URS) 1984: Nikolay Zimyatov (URS) 1988: Alexey Prokurorov (URS) 1992: Vegard Ulvang (NOR) 1994: Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) 1998: Mika Myllylä (FIN) 2002: Christian Hoffmann (AUT)

Olympic champions in men's 50 km cross-country 1924: Thorleif Haug (NOR) 1928: Per-Erik Hedlund (SWE) 1932: Veli Saarinen (FIN) 1936: Elis Wiklund (SWE) 1948: Nils Karlsson (SWE) 1952: Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) 1956: Sixten Jernberg (SWE) 1960: Kalevi Hämäläinen (FIN) 1964: Sixten Jernberg (SWE) 1968: Ole Ellefsæter (NOR) 1972: Pål Tyldum (NOR) 1976: Ivar Formo (NOR) 1980: Nikolay Zimyatov (URS) 1984: Thomas Wassberg (SWE) 1988: Gunde Svan (SWE) 1992: Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 1994: Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ) 1998: Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 2002: Mikhail Ivanov (RUS) 2006: Giorgio Di Centa (ITA) 2010: Petter Northug (NOR) 2014: Alexander Legkov (RUS)

Olympic champions in men's 4 × 10 km cross-country relay 1936: Finland Sulo Nurmela Klaes Karppinen Matti Lähde Kalle Jalkanen 1948: Sweden Nils Östensson Nils Täpp Gunnar Eriksson Martin Lundström 1952: Finland Heikki Hasu Paavo Lonkila Urpo Korhonen Tapio Mäkelä 1956: Soviet Union Fyodor Terentyev Pavel Kolchin Nikolay Anikin Vladimir Kuzin 1960: Finland Toimi Alatalo Eero Mäntyranta Väinö Huhtala Veikko Hakulinen 1964: Sweden Karl-Åke Asph Sixten Jernberg Janne Stefansson Assar Rönnlund 1968: Norway Odd Martinsen Pål Tyldum Harald Grønningen Ole Ellefsæter 1972: Soviet Union Vladimir Voronkov Yuri Skobov Fyodor Simashev Vyacheslav Vedenin 1976: Finland Matti Pitkänen Juha Mieto Pertti Teurajärvi Arto Koivisto 1980: Soviet Union Vasily Rochev Nikolay Bazhukov Yevgeny Belyayev Nikolay Zimyatov 1984: Sweden Thomas Wassberg Benny Kohlberg Jan Ottosson Gunde Svan 1988: Sweden Jan Ottosson Thomas Wassberg Gunde Svan Torgny Mogren 1992: Norway Terje Langli Vegard Ulvang Kristen Skjeldal Bjørn Dæhlie 1994: Italy Maurilio De Zolt Marco Albarello Giorgio Vanzetta Silvio Fauner 1998: Norway Sture Sivertsen Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard 2002: Norway Anders Aukland Frode Estil Kristen Skjeldal Thomas Alsgaard 2006: Italy Fulvio Valbusa Giorgio Di Centa Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi 2010: Sweden Daniel Richardsson Johan Olsson Anders Södergren Marcus Hellner 2014: Sweden Lars Nelson Daniel Richardsson Johan Olsson Marcus Hellner

World champions in men's 18 km/15 km cross-country 18 km 1925: Otakar Německý (TCH) 1927: John Lindgren (SWE) 1929: Veli Saarinen (FIN - 17 km) 1930: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR - 17 km) 1931: Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) 1933: Nils-Joel Englund (SWE) 1934: Sulo Nurmela (FIN) 1935: Klaes Karppinen (FIN) 1937: Lars Bergendahl (NOR) 1938: Pauli Pitkänen (FIN) 1939: Jussi Kurikkala (FIN) 1950: Karl-Erik Åström (SWE) 15 km 1954: Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) 1958: Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) 1962: Assar Rönnlund (SWE) 1966: Gjermund Eggen (NOR) 1970: Lars-Göran Åslund (SWE) 1974: Magne Myrmo (NOR) 1978: Józef Łuszczek (POL) 1982: Oddvar Brå (NOR) 1985: Kari Härkönen (FIN) 1987: Marco Albarello (ITA) 1989 freestyle: Gunde Svan (SWE) 1989 classical: Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) 1991: Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 2001: Per Elofsson (SWE) 2003: Axel Teichmann (GER) 2005: Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA) 2007: Lars Berger (NOR) 2009: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) 2011: Matti Heikkinen (FIN) 2013: Petter Northug (NOR) 2015: Johan Olsson (SWE)

World champions in men's 4 x 10 km cross-country relay 1933: Sweden Per-Erik Hedlund Sven Utterström Nils-Joel Englund Hjalmar Bergström 1934: Finland Sulo Nurmela Klaes Karppinen Martti Lappalainen Veli Saarinen 1935: Finland Mikko Husu Klaes Karppinen Väinö Liikkanen Sulo Nurmela 1937: Norway Annar Ryen Oskar Fredriksen Sigurd Røen Lars Bergendahl 1938: Finland Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala Martti Lauronen Pauli Pitkänen Klaes Karppinen 1939: Finland Pauli Pitkänen Olavi Alakulppi Eino Olkinuora Klaes Karppinen 1950: Sweden Nils Täpp Karl-Erik Åström Martin Lundström Enar Josefsson 1954: Finland August Kiuru Tapio Mäkelä Arvo Viitanen Veikko Hakulinen 1958: Sweden Sixten Jernberg Lennart Larsson Sture Grahn Per-Erik Larsson 1962: Sweden Lars Olsson Sture Grahn Sixten Jernberg Assar Rönnlund 1966: Norway: Odd Martinsen Harald Grønningen Ole Ellefsæter Gjermund Eggen 1970: Soviet Union: Vladimir Voronkov Valery Tarakanov Fyodor Simashev Vyacheslav Vedenin 1974: East Germany Gerd Hessler Dieter Meinel Gerhard Grimmer Gert-Dietmar Klause 1978: Sweden Sven-Åke Lundbäck Christer Johansson Tommy Limby Thomas Magnuson 1982: Norway Lars-Erik Eriksen Ove Aunli Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Oddvar Brå and Soviet Union Vladimir Nikitin Alexander Batyuk Yuriy Burlakov Alexander Zavyalov 1985: Norway Arild Monsen Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Tor Håkon Holte Ove Aunli 1987: Sweden Erik Östlund Gunde Svan Thomas Wassberg Torgny Mogren 1989: Sweden Christer Majbäck Gunde Svan Lars Håland Torgny Mogren 1991: Norway Øyvind Skaanes Terje Langli Vegard Ulvang Bjørn Dæhlie 1993: Norway Sture Sivertsen Vegard Ulvang Terje Langli Bjørn Dæhlie 1995: Norway Sture Sivertsen Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard 1997: Norway Sture Sivertsen Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard 1999: Austria Markus Gandler Alois Stadlober Mikhail Botvinov Christian Hoffmann 2001: Norway Frode Estil Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Thomas Alsgaard Tor Arne Hetland 2003: Norway Anders Aukland Frode Estil Tore Ruud Hofstad Thomas Alsgaard 2005: Norway: Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Frode Estil Lars Berger Tore Ruud Hofstad 2007: Norway Eldar Rønning Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Lars Berger Petter Northug 2009: Norway: Eldar Rønning Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Tore Ruud Hofstad Petter Northug 2011: Norway: Martin Johnsrud Sundby Eldar Rønning Tord Asle Gjerdalen Petter Northug 2013: Norway: Tord Asle Gjerdalen Eldar Rønning Sjur Røthe Petter Northug 2015: Norway: Niklas Dyrhaug Didrik Tønseth Anders Gløersen Petter Northug

Awards Finnish Sports Personality of the Year 1947: Mikko Hietanen and Lassi Parkkinen 1948: Heikki Hasu 1949: Viljo Heino 1950: Heikki Hasu 1951: Veikko Karvonen 1952–1954: Veikko Hakulinen 1955: Voitto Hellstén 1956: Antti Hyvärinen 1957: Olavi Vuorisalo 1958: Vilho Ylönen 1959: Juhani Järvinen 1960: Veikko Hakulinen 1961: Kalevi Huuskonen 1962: Pentti Nikula 1963: Pentti Eskola 1964: Eero Mäntyranta 1965: Jouko Launonen 1966: Eero Mäntyranta 1967: Eero Tapio 1968–1969: Kaarlo Kangasniemi 1970: Kalevi Oikarainen 1971: Juha Väätäinen 1972: Lasse Virén 1973: Mona-Lisa Pursiainen 1974: Riitta Salin 1975: Heikki Ikola 1976: Lasse Virén 1977: Pertti Ukkola 1978: Helena Takalo 1979–1980: Pertti Karppinen 1981: Heikki Ikola 1982: Keke Rosberg 1983: Tiina Lillak 1984: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi 1985: Matti Nykänen 1986–1987: Marjo Matikainen 1988: Matti Nykänen 1989: Marjo Matikainen 1990: Päivi Alafrantti 1991: Kimmo Kinnunen 1992: Toni Nieminen 1993: Juha Kankkunen 1994: Jani Sievinen 1995: Jari Litmanen 1996: Heli Rantanen 1997: Mika Myllylä 1998: Mika Häkkinen 1999: Mika Myllylä 2000: Arsi Harju 2001: Sami Hyypiä 2002: Samppa Lajunen 2003: Hanna-Maria Seppälä 2004: Marko Yli-Hannuksela 2005: Janne Ahonen 2006: Jukka Keskisalo 2007: Tero Pitkämäki 2008: Satu Mäkelä-Nummela 2009: Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 2010: Minna Kauppi 2011: Kaisa Mäkäräinen 2012: Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén 2013: Tero Pitkämäki 2014: Iivo Niskanen and Sami Jauhojärvi Holmenkollen Medal 1895: Viktor Thorn (NOR) 1897: Asbjørn Nilssen (NOR) 1899: Paul Braaten (NOR), Robert Pehrson (NOR) 1901: Askel Refstad (NOR) 1903: Karl Hovelsen (NOR) 1904: Harald Smith (NOR) 1905: Jonas Holmen (NOR) 1907: Per Bakken 1908: Einar Kristiansen (NOR) 1909: Thorvald Hansen 1910: Lauritz Bergendahl 1911: Otto Tangen (NOR), Knut Holst (NOR) 1912: Olav Bjaaland (NOR) 1914: Johan Kristoffersen (NOR) 1915: Sverre Østbye (NOR) 1916: Lars Høgvold (NOR) 1918: Hassa Horn (NOR), Jørgen Hansen (NOR) 1919: Thorleif Haug (NOR), Otto Aasen (NOR) 1923: Thoralf Strømstad (NOR) 1924: Harald Økern (NOR), Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) 1925: Einar Landvik (NOR) 1926: Jacob Tullin Thams 1927: Hagbart Haakonsen (NOR), Einar Lindboe (NOR) 1928: Torjus Hemmestveit (NOR), Mikkjel Hemmestveit (NOR) 1931: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR), Ole Stenen (NOR) 1934: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR) 1935: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR) 1937: Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR), Birger Ruud (NOR), Martin P. Vangsli (NOR) 1938: Reidar Andersen (NOR), Johan R. Henriksen (NOR) 1939: Sven Selånger (SWE), Lars Bergendahl (NOR), Trygve Brodahl (NOR) 1940: Oscar Gjøslien (NOR), Annar Ryen (NOR) 1947: Elling Rønes (NOR) 1948: Asbjørn Ruud (NOR) 1949: Sigmund Ruud (NOR) 1950: Olav Økern (NOR) 1951: Simon Slåttvik (NOR) 1952: Stein Eriksen (NOR), Torbjørn Falkanger (NOR), Heikki Hasu (FIN), Nils Karlsson (SWE) 1953: Magnar Estenstad (NOR) 1954: Martin Stokken (NOR) 1955: Haakon VII (NOR), Hallgeir Brenden (NOR), Veikko Hakulinen (FIN), Sverre Stenersen (NOR) 1956: Borghild Niskin (NOR), Arnfinn Bergmann (NOR), Arne Hoel (NOR) 1957: Eero Kolehmainen (FIN) 1958: Inger Bjørnbakken (NOR), Håkon Brusveen (NOR) 1959: Gunder Gundersen (NOR) 1960: Helmut Recknagel (GDR), Sixten Jernberg (SWE), Sverre Stensheim (NOR), Tormod Knutsen (NOR) 1961: Harald Grønningen (NOR) 1962: Toralf Engan (NOR) 1963: Alevtina Kolchina (URS), Pavel Kolchin (URS), Astrid Sandvik (NOR), Torbjørn Yggeseth (NOR) 1964: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN), Eero Mäntyranta (FIN), Georg Thoma (FRG), Halvor Næs (NOR) 1965: Arto Tiainen (FIN), Bengt Eriksson (SWE), Arne Larsen (NOR) 1967: Toini Gustafsson (SWE), Ole Ellefsæter (NOR) 1968: Olav V (NOR), Assar Rönnlund (SWE), Gjermund Eggen (NOR), Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) 1969: Odd Martinsen (NOR) 1970: Pål Tyldum (NOR) 1971: Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN), Berit Mørdre Lammedal (NOR), Reidar Hjermstad (NOR) 1972: Rauno Miettinen (FIN), Magne Myrmo (NOR) 1973: Einar Bergsland (NOR), Ingolf Mork (NOR), Franz Keller (FRG) 1974: Juha Mieto (FIN) 1975: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR), Oddvar Brå (NOR), Ivar Formo (NOR) 1976: Ulrich Wehling (GDR) 1977: Helena Takalo (FIN), Hilkka Kuntola (FIN), Walter Steiner (SUI) 1979: Ingemar Stenmark (SWE), Erik Håker (NOR), Raisa Smetanina (URS) 1980: Thomas Wassberg (SWE) 1981: Johan Sætre (NOR) 1983: Berit Aunli (NOR), Tom Sandberg (NOR) 1984: Lars-Erik Eriksen (NOR), Jakob Vaage (NOR), Armin Kogler (AUT) 1985: Anette Bøe (NOR), Per Bergerud (NOR), Gunde Svan (SWE) 1986: Britt Pettersen (NOR) 1987: Matti Nykänen (FIN), Hermann Weinbuch (FRG) 1989: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN) 1991: Vegard Ulvang (NOR), Trond Einar Elden (NOR), Ernst Vettori (AUT), Jens Weißflog (GER) 1992: Yelena Välbe (RUS) 1993: Emil Kvanlid (NOR) 1994: Lyubov Yegorova (RUS), Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ), Espen Bredesen (NOR) 1995: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN) 1996: Manuela Di Centa (ITA) 1997: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR), Stefania Belmondo (ITA), Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 1998: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR), Larisa Lazutina (RUS), Alexey Prokurorov (RUS), Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) 1999: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN) 2001: Adam Małysz (POL), Bente Skari (NOR), Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) 2003: Felix Gottwald (AUT), Ronny Ackermann (GER) 2004: Yuliya Chepalova (RUS) 2005: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) 2007: Frode Estil (NOR), Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR), Harald V (NOR), Sonja (NOR), Simon Ammann (SUI) 2010: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 2011: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), Michael Greis (GER), Andrea Henkel (GER), Janne Ahonen (FIN) 2012: Magdalena Neuner (GER), Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 2013: Tora Berger (NOR), Martin Fourcade (FRA), Therese Johaug (NOR), Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 2014: Magnus Moan (NOR), Eric Frenzel (GER), Thomas Morgenstern (AUT), Darya Domracheva (BLR) 2015: Eldar Rønning (NOR), Anders Bardal (NOR), Anette Sagen (NOR), Kamil Stoch (POL)