Viljo Nousiainen Explained

Viljo Nousiainen (9 March 1944 – 11 June 1999) was a Finnish athletics coach.[1] [2]

Career

Nousiainen was born in Kiuruvesi. As an athletics coach, he specialized in training jumpers for Örgryte IS Sports Club in Gothenburg during the 1970s. He is best known as the coach and stepfather of Swedish world record high jumper Patrik Sjöberg.[3] His other noted trainees were high jumpers Yannick Tregaro[4] and Stefan Holm[5] and triple jumper Christian Olsson.[6] He died in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Scandal

In April 2011, Sjöberg and Tregaro revealed they had been sexually molested as children by Nousiainen.[7] Sjöberg recounted Nousiainen's abuse in his biography Det du inte såg ("What you didn't see").[8] In 2009, Norwegian athlete Christian Skaar Thomassen, contacted his friend Sjöberg and told him that Nousiainen had also molested him when he was 11 years old. That conversation was the starting point for the book.[9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Complete Book of the Olympics 2012 . Wallechinsky . David . David Wallechinsky . Loucky . Jaime . 2012 . . London . 978-1-84513-695-6 . 216–217.
  2. News: Danielsson. Kerstin. Viljo Nousiainen död, Sjöberg: Jag är chockad. Viljo Nousiainen dead, Sjöberg: I'm chocked. 26 January 2018. Aftonbladet. Aftonbladet. 13 June 1999.
  3. News: . Birgitta Sjöbergs egen berättelse. Birgitta Sjöberg's own story. 26 January 2018. Dagens Nyheter. Dagens Nyheter. 10 May 2011.
  4. News: . Tregaro också utsatt för övergrepp. Tregano also a victim of abuse. 26 January 2018. Dagens Nyheter. Dagens Nyheter. 27 April 2011.
  5. News: Haraldsson. Anders. Stefan Holm: Jag är chockad. Stefan Holm: I'm choced. 26 January 2018. Svenska Dagbladet. Svenska Dagbladet. 28 April 2011.
  6. News: Skogh. Karin. Olsson: Viljo blir lite av ett monster. Olsson: Vijlo becomes a bit like a monster. 26 January 2018. Expressen. Expressen. 29 April 2011.
  7. Web site: Sjoberg reveals sexual abuse from coach . Eurosport . 28 April 2011 . 29 July 2013.
  8. Book: Sjöberg. Patrik. Patrik Sjöberg. Lutteman. Markus. Det du inte såg. What you didn't see. 2011. Norstedt. Stockholm. 978-91-1-303430-0. .
  9. News: Jonson. Malin. Skaar Thomassen startade allt: "Det känns viktigt att belysa". Skaar Thomassen started it all: "It is important to bring it into the light". 26 January 2018. Göteborgs-Posten. Göteborgs-Posten. 28 April 2011.

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