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Salpausselkä medallists

Salpausselkä medal was founded in 1960 for athletes that have won Nordic dicipline in Lahti Ski Games at least twice. Salpausselkä medal number 1 was handed to Tapani Niku who won in 1923-1925 four times. Most wins in Lahti Ski Games has won Matti Nykänen, all together 7 victories during 1984-1989. Altogether 87 Salpausselkä medals have been awarded for true Salpausselkä legends. 

1920´s

Name

Wins

Years

#1 Tapani Niku

4

1923, 1924, 1924, 1925

#2 Sulo Jääskeläinen

3

1923, 1924, 1924

#3 Matti Raivio

5

1925, 1926, 1926, 1927, 1927

#4 Paavo Nuotio

3

1925, 1927, 1932

#5 Erkki Penttilä

2

1928, 1928

#6 Kai Rusten, NOR

2

1928, 1928

#7 Lempi Asikainen-Ruuska

3

1928, 1929, 1931

#8 Rafael Björklund

2

1929, 1932

1930´s

  

Name

Wins

Years

#9 Veli Saarinen

2

1931, 1933

#10 Volmari Toikka

2

1931, 1934

#11 Lauri Valonen

4

1932, 1934, 1935, 1936

#12 Sulo Nurmela

3

1934, 1935, 1937

1940´s

  

Name

Wins

Years

#13 Leo Laakso

5

1941, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946

#14 Olavi Sihvonen

3

1943, 1944, 1946

#15 Pekka Vanninen

2

1939, 1947

#16 Benjamin Vanninen

2

1946, 1948

#17 Kerttu Pehkonen-Pesonen

4

1947, 1948, 1949, 1951

#18 Heikki Hasu

5

1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953

1950´s

  

Name

Wins

Years

#19 Veikko Hakulinen

4

1952, 1953, 1953, 1958

#20 Arvo Viitanen

4

1952, 1953, 1954, 1955

#21 Mirja Hietamies-Eteläpää

2

1954, 1956

#22 Eero Kolehmainen

2

1956, 1957

#23 Sverre Stenersen, NOR

4

1956, 1957, 1959, 1960

#24 Paavo Korhonen

2

1954, 1958

#25 Kalevi Hämäläinen

3

1956, 1958, 1966

#26 Siiri Rantanen

3

1954, 1959, 1961

#27 Juhani Kärkinen

3

1958, 1959, 1963

1960´s

  

Name

Wins

 Years

#28 Arto Tiainen

2

1959, 1960

#29 Harald Grönningen, NOR

3

1960, 1961, 1962

#30 Veikko Kankkonen

5

1960, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1968

#31 Otto Leodolter, AUT

2

1961, 1962

#32 Alevtina Koltshina, RUS

3

1958, 1963, 1965

#33 Reidar Hjermstad, NOR

2

1963, 1963

#34 Assar Rönnlund, SWE

4

1961, 1965, 1967, 1968

#35 Georg Thoma, GER

2

1961, 1965

#36 Markus Svendsen, NOR

2

1966, 1967

1970´s

  

Name

Wins

Years

#37 Nina Shebalina, RUS

2

1969, 1971

#38 Pål Tyldum, NOR

2

1968, 1971

#39 Eero Mäntyranta

2

1964, 1972

#40 Galina Kulakova, SOV

5

1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979

#41 Vasili Rothsev, SOV

3

1974, 1975, 1977

#42 Walter Steiner, SUI

3

1973, 1975, 1977

#43 Oddvar Brå, NOR

5

1973, 1975, 1981, 1982, 1982

#44 Karl Schnabl, AUT

2

1975, 1976

#45 Zinaida Amosova, SOV

4

1977, 1977, 1978, 1978

#46 Aleksei Borovitin, SOV

2

1974, 1977

#47 Sergei Saveljev, SOV

3

1976, 1977, 1978

#48 Konrad Winkler, DDR

2

1977, 1978

#49 Helena Takalo

2

1970, 1978

1980´s

  

Name

Wins

Years

#50 Jari Puikkonen

3

1981, 1981, 1989

#51 Barbara Petzold, DDR

3

1981, 1981

#52 Rauno Miettinen

2

1976, 1982

#53 Armin Kogler, AUT

2

1980, 1982

#54 Ole Bremseth, NOR

2

1982, 1982

#55 Aleksandr Zavjalov

2

1980, 1983

#56 Algimantes Shaina, SOV

2

1983, 1983

#57 Horst Bulau, CAN

2

1983, 1983

#58 Matti Nykänen

7

1984, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1988

#59 Lars-Erik Eriksen

2

1979, 1984

#60 Thomas Müller, BRD

2

1984, 1987

#61 Marjo Matikainen-Kallström

3

1986, 1987, 1990

#62 Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi

2

1983, 1989

#63 Jelena Välbe, RUS

4

1989, 1989, 1990, 1991

#64 Gunde Svan, SWE

2

1989, 1989

1990´s

  

Name

Wins

Years

#65 Andreas Felder, AUT

4

1985, 1990, 1991, 1991

#67 Trond Einar Elden, NOR

2

1989, 1991

#68 Björn Dählie, NOR

3

1990, 1992, 1999

#69 Toni Nieminen

2

1992, 1992

#70 Torny Mogren, SWE

2

1986, 1993

#71 Jens Weissflog, GER

3

1989, 1994, 1995

#72 Vladimir Smirnov, KAZ

3

1989, 1994, 1995

#73 Inger Helene Nybråten, NOR

2

1988, 1996

#74 Manuela Di Centa, ITA

2

1994, 1996

#75 Masahiko Harada, JPN

2

1996, 1996

#76 Bjarte Engen Vik, NOR

3

1996, 1998, 2001

#77 Stefania Belmondo, ITA

2

1992, 1998

2000´s

  

Name

Wins

Years

#78 Janne Ahonen

2

1998, 2000

#79 Hannu Manninen

4

1997, 2000, 2005, 2010

#80 Martin Schmitt, GER

3

2000, 2001, 2002

#81 Larissa Lazutina, RUS

2

1999, 2001

#82 Bente Skari, NOR

2

2001, 2001

#83 Samppa Lajunen

3

1999, 2002, 2002

#84 Kristina Smigun, EST

3

2000, 2002, 2007

#85 Adam Malysz, POL

4

2001, 2003, 2003, 2007

#86 Daito Takahashi, JPN

2

2004, 2004

#87 Virpi Kuituinen

3

2001, 2004, 2008
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