Väinö Tiihonen
Väinö Tiihonen 
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| Full name | Väinö Petter Tiihonen |
| nation |
 Finland
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| birthday | November 28, 1912 |
| place of birth |
Helsinki , Finland
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| date of death | July 27, 1957 |
| Place of death |
Kuopio , Finland
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| Career | |
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Väinö Petter Tiihonen (born November 28, 1912 in Helsinki , † July 27, 1957 in Kuopio ) was a Finnish ski jumper .
Career
Tilhonen made his international debut at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Sollefteå in 1934 . With jumps on 45 and 53 meters he reached the 27th place.
Two years later at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , he finished ninth on the normal hill after jumps on 71.5 and 70 meters. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1938 in his adopted home Lahti , he started as a member of a large Finnish starter group. In the individual competition, he also landed ninth with jumps on 61.5 and 63.5 meters.
literature
- Jens Jahn , Egon Theiner : Encyclopedia of Ski Jumping . 1st edition. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2004, ISBN 3-89784-099-5 .
- Arponen, Antti O .; Hannus, Matti; Honkavaara, Aarne; Leinonen, Kimmo; Mäki-Kuutti, Tarmo; Raatikainen, Voitto; & Raevuori, Antero: Talviurheilun tähdet . WSOY, 1986, ISBN 951-0-13095-8 , pp. 247 .
Web links
- Väinö Tiihonen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Egon Theiner: Encyclopedia of Ski Jumping , p. 151
- ↑ Egon Theiner: Encyclopedia of Ski Jumping , p. 154
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Tiihonen, Väinö |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tiihonen, Väinö Petter (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish ski jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Helsinki , Finland |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 27, 1957 |
| Place of death | Kuopio , Finland |