Toivo Salonen had most of his successes on a national level, becoming Finnish Allround Champion in 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, winning Finnish silver in 1953, 1955, and 1962, and taking bronze in 1963 and 1964. But Salonen also competed internationally for 12 years and participated in 4 Winter Olympics. At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, he won bronze on the 1,500 m. So far (including the 2006 Winter Olympics), Salonen is the last Finnish male speed skater to have won an Olympic medal – the last Finnish female speed skater so far being Kaija Mustonen in 1968. In 1959, Salonen won bronze at the European Allround Championships behind gold medallist Knut Johannesen and fellow countryman Juhani Järvinen, who won silver. Two weeks later at the World Allround Championships, Salonen won silver behind Järvinen.
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^Seppä, Petri (2019-11-19). "Olympiamitalisti Toivo Salonen on kuollut" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
toivo, salonen, toivo, kostia, salonen, 1933, october, 2019, former, speed, skater, from, finland, born, pälkäne, olympic, medal, recordrepresenting, finlandmen, speed, skating1956, cortina, ampezzo, mmedals, edit, most, successes, national, level, becoming, f. Toivo Kostia Salonen 21 May 1933 28 October 2019 1 was a former speed skater from Finland He was born in Palkane Olympic medal recordRepresenting FinlandMen s Speed Skating1956 Cortina d Ampezzo 1 500 mMedals EditToivo Salonen had most of his successes on a national level becoming Finnish Allround Champion in 1954 1956 1957 1958 1959 1961 winning Finnish silver in 1953 1955 and 1962 and taking bronze in 1963 and 1964 But Salonen also competed internationally for 12 years and participated in 4 Winter Olympics At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d Ampezzo he won bronze on the 1 500 m So far including the 2006 Winter Olympics Salonen is the last Finnish male speed skater to have won an Olympic medal the last Finnish female speed skater so far being Kaija Mustonen in 1968 In 1959 Salonen won bronze at the European Allround Championships behind gold medallist Knut Johannesen and fellow countryman Juhani Jarvinen who won silver Two weeks later at the World Allround Championships Salonen won silver behind Jarvinen References Edit Seppa Petri 2019 11 19 Olympiamitalisti Toivo Salonen on kuollut in Finnish Ilta Sanomat Retrieved 2019 11 17 Toivo Salonen at SkateResults comExternal links EditToivo Salonen in SpeedSkatingBase eu Toivo Salonen at SpeedSkatingNews info Toivo Salonen at SpeedSkatingStats com Toivo Salonen at Olympics com Toivo Salonen at Olympedia This article about a Finnish Winter Olympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This biographical article on a speed skater in Finland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Toivo Salonen amp oldid 1156920464, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
