Ilmari Niemeläinen Explained

Sport:Diving
Birth Date:16 December 1910
Birth Place:Jyväskylä, Finland
Death Place:Helsinki, Finland

Heikki Ilmari "Immu" Niemeläinen (in Finnish pronounced as /ˈilmɑri ˈnie̯melæi̯nen/; December 16, 1910 – May 28, 1951) was a Finnish diver and architect. He was born in and died in Helsinki.

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin he finished 13th in the 3 metre springboard event and 14th in the 10 metre platform competition. Twelve years later, at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London he finished 19th in the 10 metre platform event.

Art competitions formed part of the modern Olympic Games during its early years, from 1912 to 1948. In 1948, at the London Olympics, Niemeläinen won a bronze medal for his "Athletic Centre in Kemi, Finland".[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ilmari Niemeläinen . Olympedia . 11 August 2020.