Leo Massa
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 15, 1929 Clearwater, Florida, United States |
| Died | September 3, 2009 (aged 79) Long Branch, New Jersey, United States |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Cross-country skiing |
Leo Massa (October 15, 1929 – September 3, 2009) was an American cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 30 kilometre event at the 1960 Winter Olympics.[1]
Raised in Red Bank, New Jersey, Massa played baseball at Red Bank Regional High School well enough to earn a Major League Baseball tryout, before switching over to focus cross-country skiing, a sport he learned in Finland, his father's home country, during his pre-teen years.[1][2]
References
- 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leo Massa Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
- ↑ Parker, Don. "Massa On Cold, Cold Ground; Leo Massa Did Not Complain When He Drew The Last Starting Position In The National Cross-Country Championships And, Over 15 Kilometers Of Wilderness, Last Was First", Sports Illustrated, February 24, 1958. Accessed Julne 27, 2019. "The highlight of the show was the performance of Florida-born Leo Massa, 28, currently a carpenter in Red Bank, N.J., who spent five of his pre-teen years learning cross-country skiing in his father's native Finland."
Categories:
- 1929 births
- 2009 deaths
- American male cross-country skiers
- Olympic cross-country skiers for the United States
- Cross-country skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Skiers from New Jersey
- Sportspeople from Clearwater, Florida
- Sportspeople from Red Bank, New Jersey
- Red Bank Regional High School alumni
- American people of Finnish descent
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American cross-country skiing biography stubs