Finland in the Olympic Games Medals won in the Olympics Medals by winter sport Medals by summer sport Sport Gold Silver Bronz Total e Sport Gol Silv Bron Total Athletics 48 35 31 114 d er ze Wrestling 26 28 29 83 Cross-country skiing 20 24 32 76 Gymnastics 8 5 12 25 Ski jumping 10 8 4 22 Canoeing 5 2 3 10 Speed skating 7 8 9 24 Shooting 4 7 10 21 Nordic combined 4 8 2 14 Rowing 3 1 3 7 Freestyle skiing 1 2 1 4 Boxing 2 1 11 14 Figure skating 1 1 0 2 Sailing 2 2 7 11 Biathlon 0 5 2 7 Archery 1 1 2 4 Weightlifting 1 0 2 3 Ice hockey 0 2 6 8 Modern pentathlon 0 1 4 5 Snowboarding 0 2 1 3 Alpine skiing 0 1 0 1 Swimming 0 1 3 4 Curling 0 1 0 1 Total* 100 84 116 300 Total* 43 62 57 162 Paavo Nurmi • Paavo Johannes Nurmi born in 13th June 1897 • Was a Finnish middle-long-distance runner. • Nurmi set 22 official world records at distance between 1500 metres and 20 kilometres • He won a total of nine gold and three silver medals in his twelve events in the Olympic Games. • 1924 Olympics, Paris Lasse Virén • Lasse Arttu Virén was born in 22th July 1949. • He is a Finnish former long-distance runner • Winner of four gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. • München 10 000m Turin Olympics 2006 Ice Hockey • In the winter Olymipcs year 2006 in Turin, the Finnish ice hockey team won Russia 4-0 in the semifinal. • But lost to Sweden 3-2 in the final. Finland-Russia 4-0 Matti Nykänen • Matti Ensio Nykänen was born in 17 July 1963 • Is a Finnish former ski jumper who has won 3 gold medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics. • Winter Olympics 1988 Gold 1984 Sarajevo Ind. NH Gold 1988 Calgary Ind. NH Gold 1988 Calgary Ind. LH Gold 1988 Calgary Team LH Silver 1984 Sarajevo Ind. LH Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi • Born 10 September 1955 • Is a former Finnish cross country skier. In the process, she became the most successful athlete at the 1984 Winter Olympics. Olympic Games Gold 1984 Sarajevo 5 km Gold 1984 Sarajevo 10 km Gold 1984 Sarajevo 20 km Bronze 1984 Sarajevo 4 × 5 km Bronze 1988 Calgary 4 × 5 km Bronze 1994 Lillehammer 5 km Bronze 1994 Lillehammer 30 km Summer Olympics in Helsinki 1952 • Helsinki had been earlier selected to host the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II. • It had been the Olympic Games at which the most world records were broken • The 1952 Summer Olympic program featured 149 events. • USA was the most succssesful nation. • The Olympic stadium is still in use and in May our school take part in an event at the Olympic stadium, called Stafettkarnevalen. (Different relays with more than 2 000 runners) Paralympics • Leo-Pekka Tähti is an athlete and Paralympian from Finland competing mainly in category T54 sprint events. • He won the gold medal in the 100m and 200m events at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. Paralympic Games Gold 2004 Athens 100 m - T54 Gold 2004 Athens 200 m - T54 Gold 2008 Beijing 100 m - T54 Gold 2012 London 100 m - T54 Bronze 2008 Beijing 200 m - T54 .