Tauno Honkanen
{{Short description|Finnish skier (1927–2023)}}
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| fullname = Tauno Immanuel Honkanen
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| birth_place = Kittilä, Finland
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| death_place = Rovaniemi, Finland
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Tauno Immanuel Honkanen[http://www.saunalahti.fi/~sut/lappiok.html Olympiaedustajat Aatsingista Ylipulleihin] (9 October 1927 – 27 March 2023) was a Finnish skier. Honkanen was born in Kittilä. He was a member of the national Olympic military patrol team in 1948 which finished second. His military rank at his time was Sotamies.[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1948/ORW1948.pdf Rapport Général sur les Ves Jeux Olympiques d’hiver St-Moritz 1948] (PDF), French, p. 70. Honkanen died in Rovaniemi on 27 March 2023, at the age of 95.{{cite web |title=Tauno Honkanen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/900189 |website=Olympedia |access-date=30 April 2023}}
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Category:Finnish military patrol (sport) runners
Category:Olympic biathletes for Finland
Category:Military patrol competitors at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Category:Skiers from Lapland (Finland)
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