Uno Railo Explained

Uno Railo
Birth Name:	Uno August Rosenberg
Full Name:	Uno August Railo
Birth Date:	5 January 1887
Birth Place:	Tampere, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Death Place:	Berkeley, California, United States
Occupation:	Maintenance man, merchant, master builder
Sport:	Track and field
Event:	Sprint
Club:	Tampereen Pyrintö

Uno August "Uuno" Railo (born Rosenberg, 5 January 1887 – 10 November 1934) was a Finnish sprinter.

Athletics

Railo was one of the most talented Finnish track and field athletes of his generation.

He entered to compete in five events at the 1908 Summer Olympics: 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, long jump and triple jump. He couldn't start due to a muscle strain.^[1]

He won four Finnish national championship golds in track and field athletics:

• 100 metres in 1907^{[2] [3]} and 1909^[4]
• 400 metres in 1909^[5]
• combined standing and running long jump in 1907^[6]

He represented the club Tampereen Pyrintö and was its board member in 1908–1909.

Records

He posted two world leading results of the year:

• 100 metres, 10.8 seconds; in Tampere, Finland; 1907
• long jump, 716 centimetres; Waugekan, Illinois, United States; 1911^[7]

He broke four Finnish national records:

• long jump, 649 centimetres, in Tampere on 3 July 1907^[8]
• 100 metres, 11.0 and 10.8 seconds, both in Tampere on 4 August 1907.^[9] The latter stood for 28 years.^[10]
• 200 metres, 23.4 seconds, in Tampere on 5 September 1909^[11]

He also clocked 100 metres in 10.6 seconds in 1907, but this result was considered unreliable.^[12]

Biography

He finnicized his familyname from Rosenberg to Railo on 12 May 1906.^[13]

He moved to the United States in 1910. He lived in Waukegan, Illinois and worked as a millwright at a wire mill.^[14] He died in an accident on a fishing trip.^[15]

Notes and References

1. Book: Siukonen . Markku . 2001 . Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000 . Suuri olympiateos . fi . 12 . Jyväskylä . Graface . 264 . 951-98673-1-7.
2. Book: Hannus . Matti . Laitinen . Esa . Martiskainen . Seppo . 2002 . Kalevan kisat, Kalevan malja — vuosisata yleisurheilun Suomen mestaruuksia . fi . Lahti . Suomen urheiluliiton julkaisut . 174 . 951-96491-5-8.
3. Book: Laitinen . Esa . 1987 . Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa . fi . Helsinki . Finnish Amateur Athletic Association . 329.
4. Book: Laitinen . Esa . 1987 . Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa . fi . Helsinki . Finnish Amateur Athletic Association . 330.
5. Book: Hannus . Matti . Laitinen . Esa . Martiskainen . Seppo . 2002 . Kalevan kisat, Kalevan malja — vuosisata yleisurheilun Suomen mestaruuksia . fi . Lahti . Suomen urheiluliiton julkaisut . 181 . 951-96491-5-8.
6. 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.
7. Book: Hannus . Matti . 1999 . Kultaiset kentät. Suomen yleisurheilun vuosisata . fi . Porvoo . WSOY . 328 . 9510237035.
8. Book: Laitinen . Esa . 1987 . Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa . fi . Helsinki . Finnish Amateur Athletic Association . 582.
9. Book: Laitinen . Esa . 1987 . Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa . fi . Helsinki . Finnish Amateur Athletic Association . 566.
10. Book: Laitinen . Esa . 1987 . Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa . fi . Helsinki . Finnish Amateur Athletic Association . 11.
11. Book: Laitinen . Esa . 1987 . Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa . fi . Helsinki . Finnish Amateur Athletic Association . 567.
12. Book: Hannus . Matti . 1999 . Kultaiset kentät. Suomen yleisurheilun vuosisata . fi . Porvoo . WSOY . 50 . 9510237035.
13. News: 12 May 1906 . Nimensä suomalaistuttaneita . Aamulehti . fi . 107 B . Tampere . 2 . 0355-6913 . 9 November 2019 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
14. News: Famous Athlete from Waukegan Won in Chicago . Waukegan News-Sun . August 29, 1910 . Waukegan, IL . 1, 7 . December 21, 2022 . Newspapers.com.
15. News: 5 December 1934 . Uuno Railo kuollut . Vaasa . fi . Vaasa . 5 . 0789-0745 . 27 January 2021 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.