Do you remember Finland’s first winter sports international super star? She was dark, very fine figure and charismatic man, whose walking style was until the end like a rock star

Mr. Seefeld Eero pine beach was worldwide admiration for the Finnish skier, whose popularity can be compared to Kim Räikköseen.Journalist Paavo Noponen (vas.) interviewed in 1966 for the second time in his career athlete of the Year selected Eero pine beach. IL-Archive

He was dark, very fine figure and charismatic man, whose walking style was until the end like a rock-star, said Juha Mieto idol Eero pine beach .

Pellolaishiihtästä became Finland’s first winter sports international super star. Pine beach’s popularity is completely proportional to the Toni Nieminen and Teemu Selanne the 1990s, worship or Kimi Raikkonen this day I admire. Lappilais host to turn heads where ever you travel.

Once in a hundred years in Finland, a skier. Maybe Juha Mieto and Iivo Niskanen get the closest to his popularity. Eero was a good talker, and he realized that the popularity of worth taking advantage of, the veteran coach Immo Kuutsa recalls.

pine beach rose sports people on top of the cabinet in the 1960s, when he won the Innsbruck 1964 games in two olympic gold. Skiing you lykitään February world cup places Seefeldissä.

Television became more common in the pine beach gold in Finland, so ski campaigns became very familiar.

– until then people had only listened to the radio and read in the newspapers about the ski thing. When radio came, it was a great time of great change in the Finnish sports. Eero pop people, the cabin on the screen through, so komiaan and suulaaseen man was easy to fancy, Mild to assess the.

pine beach received the weekly top ten fan letters and the most avid travelers of Western Lapland to see a glimpse of the hero. Pine beach house is located near the camping area was tourists frequent use.

– Neighbor lady fell once, that we in the yard went during the day for 23 different car. If we had lived in the south, rigmarole would have been many times, recalled the skier’s wife, Rachel pine beach evening magazine story in 2012.

Field Lankojärvi, where the pine beach house location, is not really a thoroughfare along in the even in Western Lapland scale.

Eero pine beach won the Innsbruck olympic games in 1964 two personal gold and silver. AOPHurmuri

pine beach charm bit also austrian, because seefeldiläisessä the hotel held a competition in him was baked place of the ideal man, Mr. Seefeld. Finn had the race in the 67 votes, the two come to just ten.

Eero was a charmer who knew how to impress people here. Moreover, he was very good to talk to. Certainly not the family-life be easier, when Eero admire so much, Kuutsa said.

pine beach won the years 1960-68 total of seven olympic and five WORLD medals.

Now think of as a man’s popularity at home was downright brazen, for example in the mid ‘ 60s in Oulu organised park ski for the arrival of more than 15 000 spectators to admire the hero.

– god damn it, by the way, was the crowd! And it’s Oulu-the race wasn’t the only one. Anywhere Eero skied, the crowd was with a vengeance. Eero was a Finnish sports a large and a hard face that will interest people immensely. And keep in mind, that the world was at that time very different than today, said pine beach, an old friend Reino Holck .

muonio types Holck remember how the little race of, say, Ylläkselle arrived in bus loads of viewers pine for the beach.

– the External appearance, showy skiing technique, occur in the manner and way of talking make Eero’s success, alongside legend in his own time. Eero was upstanding the lord, that were respected and worshipped, Holck describes.

Eero pine beach ski way was noble. AL-archives genetic error

pine beach cult reputation was fed by an exceptional feature. Statistics show that 95% of human hemoglobin is up to 165. Pine beach, family had a genetic defect, so the man read was about 220.

– impossible to read, downright supernatural, Mild said.

When kurikka types of starting their own peak career in the early 1970s, pine beach made the 1972 olympic games comeback.

– Eerolla always had time for advice, Mild tell.

– Finnish skier before Eero and part of Eero’s after, too, are inward pivoting of chess. Eero share for all to learn, when you go to ask, Holck says.

Mäntyrännan noble ski way is also reflected in the media: he wanted to Järvinen the factory of the manufacturer of the high-tip skis, so I too will remain high.

Eero was intelligent and smart but selfish. When he in 1972 makes a comeback, Tiainen, Arto sighed, the Eero comes in and fucks people up. Later Eero told that the return of the winter 1972 based only on the fact that he would get publicity from the ski project. Eero was the amount of Järvinen with the factory based on your suksipaja Field. Eventually, that project did not materialize, Kuutsa tell.

Eero pine beach won the first personal value in the race with their gold 1962 street in zakopane, located at the world championships. In the photo she is posing hill bronze jump the Niilo Halonen (left.) with. IL-arkistoWau, pine beach!

the Day 12 years before Mild, 20. November 1937 born in pine beach, moved from time to eternity 29. December 2013.

the Popularity is maintained throughout life.

When he got in 1997, sixty, congratulations, although it was so long queue, that the man standing käteltävän more than two hours.

– I think it was in 2013, when we were Eero and Jääskeläinen Erkki with the Jyväskylän laajavuori. Eero was already in bad shape, walking was difficult and both ears had a hearing aid. Two older ladies were passing past us, stopped, and sighed: wow, there goes the pine beach, Holck recalls friends were probably the last left overs of the “public presence”.