August Eskelinen
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| Born | 16 July 1898 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 June 1987 (aged 88) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Skiing | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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August "Aku" Eskelinen (16 July 1898 – 10 June 1987) was a Finnish biathlete who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.
Eskelinen was born in Iisalmi. In 1924 he was a member of the Finnish military patrol team which won the silver medal.
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Categories:
- 1898 births
- 1987 deaths
- Sportspeople from Iisalmi
- People from Kuopio Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)
- Mountain climbers from the Russian Empire
- Finnish military patrol (sport) runners
- Olympic biathletes for Finland
- Military patrol competitors at the 1924 Winter Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Finland
- Medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics
- 20th-century Finnish sportsmen
- Finnish Olympic medalist stubs
- Ski mountaineering biography stubs