Kalle Järvinen Explained

Kalle Järvinen
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Shot put
Birth Date:	27 March 1903
Birth Place:	Jyväskylä, Finland
Death Place:	Koirinvaara, Suojärvi District, Soviet Union

Kalle Järvinen (27 March 1903  - 25 August 1941) was a Finnish athlete. He competed in the men's shot put at the 1932 Summer Olympics.^[1] In 1941, while serving in World War II, Järvinen was shot and killed by a fellow soldier during a fight. Both men were drunk at the time. The soldier was later court-martialed for killing Järvinen and sentenced to 8 years in prison.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Kalle Järvinen Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181655/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/kalle-jarvinen-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 5 January 2018.
2. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 24 July 2018 . Sports Reference.
3. Book: A. Arponen – Markku Kasila – Vesa-Matti Peltola. 2014. 232. Auditorium. He antoivat kaikkensa.