Ilmari Vartia Explained

Ilmari Vartia
Birth Date:25 August 1914
Birth Place:Jyväskylä, Finland
Death Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Sport:Fencing
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Ilmari Vartia (25 August 1914  - 25 May 1951) was a Finnish fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1] He died as a result of a wound sustained during a competition in 1951.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ilmari Vartia Olympic Results . 13 June 2010 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102083205/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/ilmari-vartia-1.html . 2 November 2012 .
  2. News: Sport: "There Is No Danger" . https://web.archive.org/web/20101123123627/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858121,00.html . dead . 23 November 2010 . Time . 4 June 1951.