Heikki Hasu

Heikki Vihtori Hasu was a Finnish Nordic skier born on 21 March 1926 in Sippola who died on 5 April 2025 at the age of 99, and who competed at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics. He won gold in 1948 and silver in 1952 in the individual Nordic combined event and a gold medal in the 4 x 10 km cross-country relay in 1952, and he placed fourth in the individual 18 km race at both Games, missing the bronze by seconds. He carried the Finnish flag at the 1952 opening ceremony. At the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships he took gold in the Nordic combined and silver in the relay. In 1952 he became the first Finn to receive the Holmenkollen medal, and he was the last Holmenkollen medalist to win in more than one Nordic discipline. He was also a farmer and sat in the Finnish Parliament in 1962 to 1966 and 1967 to 1970.