Tapio Mäkelä
Olympic athlete
Tapio Valfrid Mäkelä was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s.
He won the 4 × 10 km relay gold and the 18 km silver at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.
Mäkelä also won a gold in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1954 FIS Nordic World... Wikipedia
Born: October 12, 1926, Nastola, Finland
Died: May 12, 2016 (age 89 years), Jämsä, Finland
Height: 5′ 11″