Klaes Karppinen

Klaes Karppinen

Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Olympic Games
	1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	4 x 10 km
World Championships
	1934 Sollefteå	4 x 10 km
	1935 Vysoké Tatry	18 km
	1935 Vysoké Tatry	4 x 10 km
	1938 Lahti	4 x 10 km
	1939 Zakopane	4 x 10 km
	1935 Vysoké Tatry	50 km
	1937 Chamonix	4 x 10 km
	1937 Chamonix	50 km
	1939 Zakopane	18 km
	1939 Zakopane	50 km

Klaes or Klaus Karppinen (9 October 1907 Iisalmi – 24 January 1992), 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 x 10 km relay.

Karppinen's biggest successes were at the Nordic skiing World Championships where he earned 10 medals, including 5 golds (18 km: 1935, 4 x 10 km: 1934, 1935, 1938, 1939) and 5 silvers (18 km: 1939; 50 km: 1935, 1937, 1939; and 4 x 10 km: 1937).

External links

• Klaes Karppinen at the International Ski Federation
• profile