Olavi Alakulppi ( Fin. Olavi Alakulppi ; July 17, 1915 , Grand Duchy of Finland - August 19, 1990 , Petersburg , USA ) - Finnish skier , world champion.
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| Birth name | fin. Olavi alakulppi | ||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Finland | ||||||||||
| Date of Birth | July 17, 1915 | ||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Grand Duchy of Finland | ||||||||||
| Date of death | August 19, 1990 (75 years old) | ||||||||||
| Place of death | Petersburg , Virginia , USA | ||||||||||
| Growth | 172 cm | ||||||||||
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| Status | completed career | ||||||||||
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Career
During his career, he performed at three world championships , at the 1939 championship he became the winner in the relay race. At the world championships of 1938 and 1950, he started in a total of four personal races, the best result - 18th place in the 18 km races in both championships.
He took part in the hostilities on the Soviet-Finnish front of World War II , was awarded the Mannerheim Cross . After the war, he immigrated to the United States, where he was also a military man, and retired in 1968 with the rank of lieutenant colonel . While serving in West Germany in the 1950s, he commanded a company and his personal chauffeur was Elvis Presley , who served in the military there. He died in 1990, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery . His son, Vesa Juhani Alakulppi, was also a military man, graduated from the US Military Academy and died in the Vietnam War .