Birth Date: | 15 February 1932 |
Birth Place: | Pertteli, Finland |
Death Date: | 7 December 1998 (aged 66) |
Death Place: | Turku, Finland |
Height: | 1.6m (05.2feet) |
Weight: | 70–74 kg |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | 100, 200, 400 m |
Club: | TuTo, Turku |
Pb: | 100 m – 10.6 (1955) 200 m – 21.3 (1956) 400 m – 46.20 (1956) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Voitto Valdemar Hellsten[1] [2] (15 February 1932 – 7 December 1998), sometimes spelled as Voitto Hellstén,[3] was a Finnish sprinter. Hellsten competed in 100–400 m events at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the 400 m in 1956, shared with Ardalion Ignatyev.[3]
Hellsten was often successful at the annual athletics meetings between Finland and Sweden.
From 1962 to 1970, Voitto Hellsten was a member of the Finnish parliament, where he represented the Social Democratic Party.