Rolf Haikkola | |
Nationality: | Finnish |
Sport: | Long-distance running |
Event: | 5000 metres, 10,000 metres |
Birth Date: | 1927 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Myrskylä, Finland |
Rolf Haikkola (14 July 1927 – 15 March 2024) was a Finnish long-distance runner and athletics coach.[1] He competed at men's 5000 meters in the 1954 European Athletics Championships finishing 11th. Haikkola was best known as the coach of the four-time Olympic gold medal winner Lasse Virén.[2] Haikkola died on 15 March 2024, at the age of 96.[1]