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Leo Linkovesi

Personal information
Full name	Leo Ensio Linkovesi
Born	(1947-04-08)8 April 1947 Helsinki, Finland
Died	7 November 2006(2006-11-07) (aged 59) Kerava, Finland
Sport
Sport	Speed skating
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing  Finland World Sprint Championships 1972 Eskilstuna Sprint

Leo Ensio Linkovesi (8 April 1947 – 7 November 2006) was a Finnish speedskater who specialised on the shorter distances, the 500 m and the 1000 m.

Linkovesi was born in Helsinki, Finland. He won the first ever official World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in 1972. In January of that year in Davos, he also set world records on the 500 m with 38.0 and in the sprint combination with 156.500 (38.7 – 1:19.3 / 38.0 – 1:20.3). Remarkably, three other skaters (Hasse Börjes, Erhard Keller, and Lasse Efskind) equalled the 38.0 world record time before it was lowered by Yevgeny Kulikov to 37.99 in 1975. At the 1972 Winter Olympics, Linkovesi placed sixth on the 500 m. Linkovesi died in Kerava, Finland at the age of 59.

World records

Discipline	Time	Date	Location
500 m	38.0	January 8, 1972	Davos
Sprint combination	156.500	January 8, 1972	Davos

References

1. "Leo Linkovesi". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

External links

• Leo Linkovesi at the International Skating Union
• Leo Linkovesi at Olympics.com
• Leo Linkovesi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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