Jouko Grip
Appearance
Jouko Grip (born 10 January 1949 in Pälkäne) is a Paralympic athlete who has won medals in both the Summer and Winter Games. Most of his medals were in Nordic skiing. He is Finnish and has polio in his left hand. In 2006 he was inducted into the Paralympic Hall of Fame.[1] He competed at the Summer Paralympics twice, in 1984 and 1988, and participated in track and field athletics both times, winning two gold medals in the 400 and 1500 metre races in 1984. He competed in seven consecutive Winter Paralympics, from 1980 to 2002, and won a total of ten gold and five silver medals. Two of his winter gold medals were won in the biathlon and the remainder of his winter medals were from cross-country skiing.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Paralympic Hall of Fame bio
- ^ "Jouko Grip". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
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- Living people
- 1949 births
- Paralympic athletes for Finland
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic biathletes for Finland
- Biathletes at the 1988 Winter Paralympics
- Biathletes at the 1992 Winter Paralympics
- Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Paralympics
- Paralympic cross-country skiers for Finland
- Cross-country skiers at the 1980 Winter Paralympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1984 Winter Paralympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1988 Winter Paralympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1992 Winter Paralympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Paralympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Paralympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Finland
- Paralympic silver medalists for Finland
- Medalists at the 1980 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1984 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1994 Winter Paralympics
- Finnish male biathletes
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- Paralympic medalists in biathlon
- 20th-century Finnish sportsmen
- 21st-century Finnish people
- Finnish cross-country skiing biography stubs
- Finnish biathlon biography stubs
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