Antti Eerkki Tyrväinen (5 November 1933 – 13 October 2013)[1][2] was a Finnish biathlete and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley,[1] and silver medals in the World Championships in 1962 and 1963 together with a bronze medal in 1965. He was born in Ylöjärvi.
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| Full name | Antti Eerkki Tyrväinen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 November 1933 Ylöjärvi, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 October 2013 (aged 79) Tampere, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 2 (1960, 1964) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 6 (1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 6 (1 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biathlon results edit
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[3]
Olympic Games edit
1 medal (1 silver)
| Event | Individual |
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 1960 Squaw Valley
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Silver |
 1964 Innsbruck
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13th |
World Championships edit
6 medals (1 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze)
| Event | Individual | Team (time) | Relay |
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 1959 Courmayeur
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17th | 4th | — |
 1961 Umeå
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5th | Gold | — |
 1962 Hämeenlinna
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Silver | Silver | — |
| 1963 Seefeld
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Silver | Silver | — |
 1965 Elverum
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Bronze | 5th | — |
 1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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17th | — | 5th |
- *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
- **The team (time) event was removed in 1965, whilst the relay was added in 1966.
References edit
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Antti Tyrväinen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Antti Tyrväinen kuollut". Keskisuomalainen (in Finnish). 14 October 2013. p. 18.
- ^ "Search results". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
External links edit
- Antti Tyrväinen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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