Birth Date: | 22 April 1906 |
Birth Place: | Paltamo, Finland |
Death Date: | 8 October 1943 (aged 37) |
Death Place: | Lieksa, Finland |
Height: | 165 cm |
Weight: | 61 kg |
Sport: | Cross-country skiing |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Frans Heikkinen (22 April 1906 – 8 October 1943) was a Finnish cross-country skier. He competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics and finished seventh in the 50 km event.[1]
Heikkinen was born to a farmer and had a sister Eeva and three brothers, Lauri, Jaakko and Esko; all siblings were accomplished cross-country skiers. He worked as a teacher in Sotkamo, where in the early 1930s he married a fellow teacher Hilppa Liisa Iivonen. He died from a brain hemorrhage during the Continuation War, aged 37.[2]