Yrjö Kolho
| Yrjö Kolho medal table |
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 Finland
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| silver | Antwerp 1920 | Serial Deer, single shot (M) |
| bronze | Antwerp 1920 | Serial Stag, double shot (M) |
Yrjö Eliel Kolho (born April 23, 1888 in Keuruu as Yrjö Saxberg , † February 13, 1969 in Vilppula ) was a Finnish marksman .
successes
Yrjö Kolho participated in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp in four competitions. In the team competition with the free pistol , he finished eleventh, while in the running stag discipline he just missed a medal win in a single shot in fourth. In the team competitions he won the bronze medal in a double shot together with Robert Tikkanen , Nestori Toivonen , Vilho Vauhkonen and Magnus Wegelius , while he won the silver medal in a single shot together with Tikkanen, Toivonen, Wegelius and Kaarlo Lappalainen .
His brothers Lauri and Voitto Kolho were also Olympic sport shooters.
Web links
- Yrjö Kolho in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kolho, Yrjö |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kolho, Yrjö Eliel (full name); Saxberg, Yrjö |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish marksman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Keuruu , Finland |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 1969 |
| Place of death | Vilppula , Finland |