Eero Mäntyranta
Eero Mäntyranta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ski club | Pellon Ponsi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Eero Antero Mäntyranta (20 November 1937 – 29 December 2013
Genetics and doping
Mäntyranta had
In 1972 Mäntyranta tested positive for amphetamine at a Finnish competition, becoming the first of his countrymen known to be caught doping.[2] He later admitted taking hormones, which were not yet prohibited.[2]
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
Olympic Games
- 7 medals – (3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
Year | Age | 15 km | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
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1960 | 22 | 6 | — | — | Gold |
1964 | 26 | Gold | Gold | 9 | Silver |
1968 | 30 | Silver | Bronze | 15 | Bronze |
1972 | 34 | — | 19 | DNF | — |
World Championships
- 5 medals – (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
Year | Age | 15 km | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
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1962 | 24 | 5 | Gold | — | Silver |
1966 | 28 | 6 | Gold | Bronze | Silver |
Accomplishments
- National domestic championships: five gold, two silver and two bronze
- Holmenkollen ski festivalchampionships first place 1962, 1964 and 1968 (15 km)
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- Salpausselkä games win 1964 and 1972.
See also
References
- ^ Skiing legend Eero Mäntyranta dead at 76. yle.fi. 30 December 2013
- ^ a b c d Eero Mäntyranta Archived 9 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- PMID 8506290.
- ^ Interview with Malcolm Gladwell. The Guardian. 29 September 2013
- ^ "MAENTYRANTA Eero". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
External links
Media related to Eero Mäntyranta at Wikimedia Commons
- Eero Mäntyranta at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Holmenkollen medalists – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)