Juho Halme Explained

Juho Halme
Birth Name:	Johan Valdemar Eliasson
Full Name:	Johan Valdemar Halme
Nickname:	Hindenburg, Juho, Jussi, Puuro, Sonni
National Team:	Finland
Birth Date:	24 May 1888
Birth Place:	Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Death Place:	Helsinki, Finland
Resting Place:	Hietaniemi Cemetery, Helsinki^[1]
Occupation:	Journalist, copy editor, chief executive officer, clerk, procurator
Height:	178 cm
Weight:	85 kg
Sport:	Track and field
Event:	Javelin throw

Johan Valdemar "Juho" Halme (born Johan Valdemar Eliasson; 24 May 1888 – 1 February 1918) was a Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics and won six Finnish championships in various events in 1907–1916. He died during the Finnish Civil War.^[2] He was born and died in Helsinki.

Athletics

Olympics

Halme represented Finland in two Olympic Games.

Juho Halme at the Olympic Games

Games	Event	Rank	Result	Notes on source
1908 Summer Olympics	Javelin throw	6th	44.96	From New York Herald. His mark was not officially recorded.^[3]
	Freestyle javelin throw	9th	39.88	Source:^[4]
	Shot put	9th–25th	unknown	Source:^[5]
	Triple jump	18th–20th	unknown	From The Sportsman and The People. Many sources do not list him competing in this event.^[6]
	Discus throw	Did not start		Source:^[7]
1912 Summer Olympics	Javelin throw	4th	54.65
	Two handed javelin throw	9th	88.54
	Triple jump	11th	13.79

National

Halme broke two Finnish records in athletics:

• 16 May 1912, javelin throw, 56.54^[8]
• 16 June 1912, triple jump, 13.95^[9]

He also became the second Finn to throw javelin over 60 meters.

He won six golds in the Finnish Championships in Athletics:

• triple jump in 1907,^{[10] [11]} 1910^[12] and 1911^[13]
• long jump in 1912^{[14] [15]}
• javelin throw in 1914^{[16] [17]}
• pentathlon in 1916^{[18] [19]}

He was the secretary of Helsingin Reipas in 1906–1907 and the chairman of Helsingin Kisa-Veikot in 1909–1918.

Other

His parents were mason Johan David Eliasson and Amanda Sofia Jusenius. He finnicized his name from Eliasson to Halme in 1905.^[20]

Halme was the copy editor of Suomen Urheilulehti in 1912–1917 and the chief executive officer of its publisher Urheilijain Kustannus in 1911–1917.

He wrote the first Finnish language history of a sports club in 1907, on Helsingin Reipas.

Sportswriter Yrjö Halme was his brother. Together they founded the sports almanac Urheilukalenteri.

Death

Halme had been the manager of sports equipment shop Suomen Urheiluaitta since 1917. In the opening days of the Finnish Civil War, clothing and shoes from their stock were distributed to members of the White Guard fleeing Helsinki. In retaliation, Halme was shot on the stairs of the Helsinki Cathedral by Red Guardsmen and died of his wounds in hospital the following day.^[21]

See also

• List of Olympians killed in World War I
• Juho Valdemar Halme in War Victims of Finland 1914–1922

Notes and References

1. Web site: Halme Johan Waldemar . Hautahaku.fi . fi . 7 May 2024.
2. Web site: Juho Halme . Olympedia . 13 March 2021.
3. Book: The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary . Mallon . Bill . Buchanan . Ian . McFarland . Jefferson, North Carolina, United States . 2001 . 115, endnote 314 . 978-0-7864-0598-5 .
4. Book: The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary . Mallon . Bill . Buchanan . Ian . McFarland . Jefferson, North Carolina, United States . 2001 . 98 . 978-0-7864-0598-5 .
5. Book: The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary . Mallon . Bill . Buchanan . Ian . McFarland . Jefferson, North Carolina, United States . 2001 . 91 . 978-0-7864-0598-5 .
6. Book: The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary . Mallon . Bill . Buchanan . Ian . McFarland . Jefferson, North Carolina, United States . 2001 . 110, endnote 211 . 978-0-7864-0598-5 .
7. Book: The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary . Mallon . Bill . Buchanan . Ian . McFarland . Jefferson, North Carolina, United States . 2001 . 113, endnote 259 . 978-0-7864-0598-5 .
8. Book: Laitinen . Esa . 1987 . Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa . fi . Helsinki . Finnish Amateur Athletic Association . 586.
9. Book: Laitinen . Esa . 1987 . Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa . fi . Helsinki . Finnish Amateur Athletic Association . 582.
10. Book: Hannus . Matti . Laitinen . Esa . Martiskainen . Seppo . 2002 . Kalevan kisat, Kalevan malja — vuosisata yleisurheilun Suomen mestaruuksia . fi . Lahti . Suomen urheiluliiton julkaisut . 227 . 951-96491-5-8 .
11. Book: Laitinen . Esa . 1987 . Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa . fi . Helsinki . Finnish Amateur Athletic Association . 329.
12. Book: Laitinen . Esa . 1987 . Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa . fi . Helsinki . Finnish Amateur Athletic Association . 331.
13. Book: Laitinen . Esa . 1987 . Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa . fi . Helsinki . Finnish Amateur Athletic Association . 333.
14. Book: Hannus . Matti . Laitinen . Esa . Martiskainen . Seppo . 2002 . Kalevan kisat, Kalevan malja — vuosisata yleisurheilun Suomen mestaruuksia . fi . Lahti . Suomen urheiluliiton julkaisut . 223 . 951-96491-5-8.
15. Book: Laitinen . Esa . 1987 . Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa . fi . Helsinki . Finnish Amateur Athletic Association . 334.
16. Book: Hannus . Matti . Laitinen . Esa . Martiskainen . Seppo . 2002 . Kalevan kisat, Kalevan malja — vuosisata yleisurheilun Suomen mestaruuksia . fi . Lahti . Suomen urheiluliiton julkaisut . 244 . 951-96491-5-8 .
17. Book: Laitinen . Esa . 1987 . Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa . fi . Helsinki . 336.
18. Book: Hannus . Matti . Laitinen . Esa . Martiskainen . Seppo . 2002 . Kalevan kisat, Kalevan malja — vuosisata yleisurheilun Suomen mestaruuksia . fi . Lahti . Suomen urheiluliiton julkaisut . 249 . 951-96491-5-8 .
19. Book: Laitinen . Esa . 1987 . Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa . fi . Helsinki . 340.
20. Book: 2004 . Arponen . Antti O. . etal . Klinge . Matti . Mäkelä-Alitalo . Anneli . etal . Suomen kansallisbiografia . Studia biographica . fi . 3: Forsblom–Hirn . Helsinki . Finnish Literature Society . 519–520 . 951-746-444-4 . 1456-2138.
21. Book: Arponen . Antti O. . Kasila . Markku . Peltola . Veli-Matti . 2014 . He antoivat kaikkensa — viime sodissa menehtyneet mestariurheilijat . fi . Helsinki . Auditorium . 19–22 . 978-952-7043-03-5.