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Matti Lähde

1911 - 1978

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Matti Ensio Lähde (14 May 1911, Joutseno – 2 May 1978) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s. He won a gold medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the 4 × 10 km relay. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matti Lähde is the 125th most popular skier (up from 137th in 2019), the 367th most popular biography from Finland (up from 385th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Finnish Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Matti Lähde ranks 125 out of 817Before him are Luc Alphand, Antoinette Meyer, Franz Pfnür, Berit Aunli, Harri Kirvesniemi, and Otto Leodolter. After him are Franz Gabl, Adam Małysz, Josef Stiegler, Barbro Martinsson, Ernst Hinterseer, and Lucile Wheeler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Matti Lähde ranks 338Before him are Gilles Grangier, Gypsy Rose Lee, Paul Grégoire, John Gorton, Ellsworth Vines, and Jesse Carver. After him are Jo Jones, Martha Genenger, Artur Knautz, Bas Paauwe, Héctor Freschi, and Rıfat Ilgaz. Among people deceased in 1978, Matti Lähde ranks 221Before him are Nagamichi Kuroda, Oliver Leese, Jan Parandowski, Maja Berezowska, Gregor Wentzel, and Jorge Icaza Coronel. After him are Maggie McNamara, Blossom Rock, Theo Helfrich, Jorge de Sena, Geoffrey Unsworth, and Francisco Mendes.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Matti Lähde ranks 367 out of 751Before him are Claes Andersson (1937), Kurt Wires (1919), Lassi Parkkinen (1917), Tauno Palo (1908), Harri Kirvesniemi (1958), and Väinö Ikonen (1895). After him are Eero Kolehmainen (1918), Osmo Vänskä (1953), Anna-Maja Henriksson (1964), Kelpo Gröndahl (1920), Vilho Väisälä (1889), and Toimi Alatalo (1929).

Among SKIERS In Finland

Among skiers born in Finland, Matti Lähde ranks 15Before him are Toini Pöysti (1933), Toini Gustafsson (1938), Paavo Lonkila (1923), Tapio Mäkelä (1926), Klaes Karppinen (1907), and Harri Kirvesniemi (1958). After him are Niilo Halonen (1940), Toni Nieminen (1975), Rauno Miettinen (1949), Jari Puikkonen (1959), Helena Takalo (1947), and Mika Myllylä (1969).