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evidence: Leo Ensio Linkovesi -LRB- 8 April 1947 -- 7 November 2006 -RRB- was a Finnish speedskater who specialised on the shorter distances , the 500 m and the 1000 m.. Finnish. Finland. speedskater. speed skating. Linkovesi was born in Helsinki , Finland .. Helsinki. Helsinki. He won the first ever official World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in 1972 .. World Sprint Speed Skating Championships. World Sprint Speed Skating Championships. In January of that year in Davos , he also set world records on the 500 m with 38.0 and in the sprint combination with 156.500 -LRB- 38.7 -- 1 :19.3  /  38.0 -- 1 :20.3 -RRB- .. Davos. Davos. Remarkably , three other skaters -LRB- Hasse Borjes , Erhard Keller , and Lasse Efskind -RRB- equalled the 38.0 world record time before it was lowered by Yevgeny Kulikov to 37.99 in 1975 .. world record. world record. Hasse Borjes. Hasse Borjes. Erhard Keller. Erhard Keller. Lasse Efskind. Lasse Efskind. Yevgeny Kulikov. Yevgeny Kulikov. At the 1972 Winter Olympics , Linkovesi placed sixth on the 500 m. Linkovesi died in Kerava , Finland at the age of 59 .. 1972 Winter Olympics. 1972 Winter Olympics. Kerava. Kerava