What is Paavo Lonkila?
[[File:Paavo Lonkila.jpg|right|200px]] '''Paavo Olavi Lonkila''' (''Paavo Lång''; 11 January 1923 &ndash; 23 September 2017) was a [[Finland|Finnish]] [[cross-country skiing|cross-country skier]]. He was born in [[Kiuruvesi]], Finland. Lonkila won a gold medal in the 4×10&nbsp;km relay at the 1952 Olympics and finished third in the individual 18&nbsp;km race, 11 seconds behind his teammate [[Tapio Mäkelä]]. Earlier his 4×10&nbsp;km relay team placed second at the [[1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]], where he finished fifth over 18&nbsp;km. He won the 18&nbsp;km event at the 1951 [[Holmenkollen ski festival]]. Lonkila was a farmer by occupation.<ref>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/paavo-lonkila-1.html Paavo Lonkila] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417161757/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/paavo-lonkila-1.html |date=2020-04-17 }}. sports-reference.com</ref> Lonkila died on 23 September 2017 in Kiuruvesi, Finland at the age of 94.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2017/09/23/os-guldmedaljoren-paavo-lonkila-dod|title=OS-guldmedaljören Paavo Lonkila död|website=svenska.yle.fi}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} *[http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen winners since 1892] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224190249/http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk |date=2007-02-24 }} – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file {{in lang|no}} *[http://ejournal.eduprojects.net/lip13/index.php?action%5B%5D=IArticleShow::showArticle(8692) Paavo Lonkila, a Famous Kiuruvesi sportsman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221134136/http://ejournal.eduprojects.net/lip13/index.php?action%5B%5D=IArticleShow::showArticle(8692) |date=2016-12-21 }} {{sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lonkila, Paavo}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Finland]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists