Tauno Lappalainen

Tauno Lappalainen
Medal record
Men's cross country skiing
World Championships
1926 Lahti 30 km
1926 Lahti 50 km
1930 Oslo 17 km

Tauno Mikko Lappalainen (10 March 1898 25 January 1973) was a Finnish cross country skier who competed in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

He was born and died in Liperi.

Lappalainen won three medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with two silvers in 1926 (30 km, 50 km) and one bronze in 1930 (17 km).

At the 1928 Winter Olympics he finished sixth in the 50 kilometre event. Four years later he finished seventh in the 50 kilometre competition at the 1932 Winter Olympics.

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