Antti Tyrväinen
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Full name | Antti Eerkki Tyrväinen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ylöjärvi, Finland | 5 November 1933|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 October 2013 Tampere, Finland | (aged 79)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Biathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 2 (1960, 1964) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 (0 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 6 (1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 6 (1 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Antti Eerkki Tyrväinen (5 November 1933 – 13 October 2013)[1][2] was a Finnish biathlete and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley,[1] and silver medals in the World Championships in 1962 and 1963 together with a bronze medal in 1965. He was born in Ylöjärvi.
Biathlon results
[edit]All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[3]
Olympic Games
[edit]1 medal (1 silver)
Event | Individual |
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1960 Squaw Valley | Silver |
1964 Innsbruck | 13th |
World Championships
[edit]6 medals (1 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze)
Event | Individual | Team (time) | Relay |
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1959 Courmayeur | 17th | 4th | — |
1961 Umeå | 5th | Gold | — |
1962 Hämeenlinna | Silver | Silver | — |
1963 Seefeld | Silver | Silver | — |
1965 Elverum | Bronze | 5th | — |
1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 17th | — | 5th |
- *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
- **The team (time) event was removed in 1965, whilst the relay was added in 1966.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Antti Tyrväinen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Antti Tyrväinen kuollut". Keskisuomalainen (in Finnish). 14 October 2013. p. 18.
- ^ "Search results". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
External links
[edit]- Antti Tyrväinen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1933 births
- 2013 deaths
- People from Ylöjärvi
- Finnish male biathletes
- Biathletes at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Biathletes at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Olympic biathletes for Finland
- Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in biathlon
- Olympic silver medalists for Finland
- Biathlon World Championships medalists
- Sportspeople from Pirkanmaa
- 20th-century Finnish sportsmen
- Finnish biathlon biography stubs
- Finnish Winter Olympic medalist stubs