B. 1896-04-09, Norristown, PA, USA; D. 1974-06
Rowing (1 gold, 2 silver)
1920 | 1928 | 1932 | HP | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Double Sculls | gold | 10000 | |||
Single Sculls | silver | 7500 | |||
Coxed Fours | silver | 3750 | |||
21250 |
USA
Diving (3 silver, 1 bronze)
1952 | 1956 | 1960 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Platform | silver | bronze | silver | 11616 |
Springboard | silver | 4000 | ||
15616 |
Olympic Competitor nr 1255
B. 1969-09-12, Haapajärvi, Finland
Nordic Skiing (1 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze)
1992 | 1994 | 1998 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|---|
10 km, classical style | 14th | sixth | bronze | 3052 |
Combined Pursuit (10km + 15km) | 20th | fourth | sixth | 1840.75 |
30 km, classical style | 34th | gold | 9400 | |
50 km, classical style | silver | |||
30 km, free-style | bronze | 1920 | ||
50 km, free-style | - | - | ||
4 x 10 km | - | bronze | bronze | 1120 |
17332.75 |
B. 1892-07-13, Savitaipale, Finland; D. 1955-01-22
Track and Field (2 gold)
1912 | 1920 | 1924 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Javelin Throw | 8th | gold | gold | 19456 |
Discus Throw | 12th | 60 | ||
Pentathlon | dnf | 1.6 | ||
19518 |
A pioneer of Finnish Javelin throwing, he achieved a world record of 62.57
m in 1915 and eventually raised this to 66.10 m in 1919 before winning two
Olympic titles. He had already finished eighth at Stockholm and threw an
unofficial 67.96 m in 1925.
(192 HP)
Written 2002-08-26 - last modified 2002-10-30
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