Jalkanen's biggest successes were at the Nordic skiing World Championships where he earned four medals, including one gold (50 km: 1938), two silvers (18 km and 4 × 10 km relay: both 1937), and one bronze (18 km: 1938)
kalle, jalkanen, 1907, suonenjoki, september, 1941, kirjasalo, finnish, cross, country, skier, competed, late, 1930s, gold, medal, 1936, winter, olympics, garmisch, partenkirchen, relay, relay, along, with, sulo, nurmela, klaes, karppinen, matti, lähde, 1936, . Kalle Jalkanen 10 May 1907 in Suonenjoki 5 September 1941 in Kirjasalo was a Finnish cross country skier who competed in the late 1930s He won a gold medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch Partenkirchen in the 4 10 km relay He won the relay along with Sulo Nurmela Klaes Karppinen and Matti Lahde Kalle JalkanenKalle Jalkanen in 1936 where he won his gold medal in the 4 x 10kmMedal record Men s cross country skiingRepresenting FinlandOlympic Games1936 Garmisch Partenkirchen 4 10 km relayWorld Championships1938 Lahti 50 km1937 Chamonix 18 km1937 Chamonix 4 10 km relay1938 Lahti 18 kmJalkanen s biggest successes were at the Nordic skiing World Championships where he earned four medals including one gold 50 km 1938 two silvers 18 km and 4 10 km relay both 1937 and one bronze 18 km 1938 He was killed during World War II 1 Contents 1 Cross country skiing results 1 1 Olympic Games 1 2 World Championships 2 References 3 External linksCross country skiing results EditAll results are sourced from the International Ski Federation FIS 2 Olympic Games Edit 1 medal 1 gold Year Age 18 km 50 km 4 10 km relay 1936 28 12 GoldWorld Championships Edit 4 medals 1 gold 2 silver 1 bronze Year Age 18 km 50 km 4 10 km relay 1937 29 Silver 4 Silver1938 30 Bronze Gold 1939 31 4 References Edit Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 24 July 2018 JALKANEN Kalle FIS Ski International Ski Federation Retrieved 29 January 2020 External links EditKalle Jalkanen at the International Ski Federation Kalle Jalkanen at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived Kalle Jalkanen at the International Olympic Committee This biographical article relating to Finnish cross country skiing is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kalle Jalkanen amp oldid 1119051095, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
