Armas Taipale

Armas Taipale
Armas Taipale at the 1912 Olympics
Full name	Armas Rudolf Taipale
nation	Finland
birthday	July 27, 1890
place of birth	Helsinki
size	191 cm
Weight	90 kg
date of death	November 9, 1976
Place of death	Turku
Career
discipline	Discus throw
Best performance	48.90 m
Medal table
Olympic games 2 × 1 × 0 ×
Olympic games gold Stockholm 1912 Discus throw gold Stockholm 1912 Discus throw (two-armed) silver Antwerp 1920 Discus throw

Armas Rudolf Taipale (born July 27, 1890 in Helsinki , † November 9, 1976 in Turku ) was a Finnish discus thrower . His greatest success was winning the gold medals in the one and two-armed discus throw at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm .

Taipale took part in the Olympic Games in 1912 , 1920 and 1924 . After his double success in 1912, he was able to secure silver in the discus throw again in 1920 at the following games.

successes

• 1912, Olympic Games Stockholm : 1st place discus throw (45.21 m)
• 1912, Olympic Games Stockholm : 1st place discus throw with both arms (82.86 m)
• 1920, Olympic Games Antwerp : 2nd place discus throw (44.190 m)

Web links

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• Armas Taipale in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )