# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sirkka-polkunen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:36:10.657Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sirkka-polkunen"
name: "Sirkka Polkunen"
slug: "sirkka-polkunen"
description: "Sirkka Tellervo \"Telle\" Polkunen, was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics. She won a gold medal in the 3 × 5 km relay in 1956 and placed fifth and eighth in the individual 10 km event in 1952 and 1956, respectively. Polkunen also won a silver medal in the 3 × 5 km relay at the 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and finished sixth in the 10 km at those championships."
tagline: "Finnish cross-country skier"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sirkka_Polkunen_1952.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1927-11-06"
deathDate: "2014-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.403384
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "سيركا بولكونين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sirkka Polkunen"
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    title: "Sirkka Polkunen"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirkka_Polkunen"
    title: "Sirkka Polkunen"
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    title: "سیرکا پولکونن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirkka_Vilander"
    title: "Sirkka Vilander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirkka_Polkunen"
    title: "Sirkka Polkunen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirkka_Polkunen"
    title: "Sirkka Polkunen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%8D%E3%83%B3"
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    title: "Sirkka Polkunen"
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  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirkka_Polkunen"
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    title: "Сіркка Полкунен"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump