Voitto Kolho Explained

Voitto Kolho
Birth Name:Voitto Valdemar Saxberg
Full Name:Voitto Valdemar Kolho
Nickname:VeeVee
National Team:Finland
Birth Date:6 February 1885
Birth Place:Keuruu, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Death Place:Helsinki, Finland
Education:Master of Science (Technology), Helsinki University of Technology, 1912
Occupation:Senior engineer, technical director, machine shop engineer, assistant teacher of mechanical engineering
Spouse:Eira Helena Nylund
Sport:Sports shooting

Voitto Valdemar Kolho (born Saxberg, 6 February 1885  - 4 October 1963) was a Finnish sport shooter, who won an Olympic bronze and five Finnish national championships.[1]

Shooting

Olympics

Voitto Kolho at the Olympic Games
GamesEventRankNotes
1908 Summer Olympics300 metre free rifle, three positions17thSource:[2]
300 metre free rifle, team8thSource:[3]
1912 Summer Olympics300 metre free rifle, three positions13th
Team free rifle5th
1920 Summer Olympics50 metre team free pistol11th
300 metre free rifle, three positions7th
Team free rifle4th
300 metre team military rifle, pronestyle=background-color:#cc99663rd
600 metre team military rifle, prone8th
300 metre team military rifle, standing7th
300 and 600 metre team military rifle, prone10th
1924 Summer Olympics50 metre rifle, prone18th
Team free rifle5th

He was the leader of Finland's shooting team in the 1952 Summer Olympics and a deputy member of the board of the Finnish Olympic Committee in 1957–1960.

International

Kolho competed at the 1914[4] and the 1924 ISSF World Shooting Championships.[5]

National

He won five Finnish national championship golds in shooting:[6]

He won a shooting competition at the Finnish Winter Games 1919 in Helsinki, the largest shooting competition in Finland yet at the time.[7]

He was a founding member of Finnish Shooting Sport Federation and a member of the board in 1919–1921 and a vice-chairman 1953–1957.

Other

He was born to farmer Abram Evert Kolho and Eulalia Riihimäki. Olympic shooters Lauri and Yrjö Kolho were his brothers,[8] as was architect Vilho Kolho.[9] Born Saxberg, they finnicized the family name to Kolho on 12 May 1906.[10]

He married Eira Helena Nylund (1895–1984). They had four children:

  1. Ritva (1929–)
  2. Maija-Stiina (1930–)
  3. Mauri (1933–1978)
  4. Kai (1933–)

He graduated as a Master of Science (Technology) from the Helsinki University of Technology in 1912.[11] He was a senior engineer and a member of the board in the Enso-Gutzeit Oy in 1935–1950.[12] He was awarded an honorary doctorate in technology.

In the municipal elections of 1936 he was elected in Jääski and was a member of the National Coalition Party. He sat until the end of the term, but was not re-elected in 1945.[13]

Sources

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Voitto Kolho . Olympedia . 8 April 2021.
  2. 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 . 223 . 978-0-7864-0598-5 .
  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 . 227 . 978-0-7864-0598-5 .
  4. Book: Virtapohja . Kalle . 2019 . Sata tarkkaa vuotta. Ampumaurheilun historia Suomessa. Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto 1919–2019 . History of sport shooting in Finland . fi . Helsinki . Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto . 37 . 9789519699127.
  5. Book: Virtapohja . Kalle . 2019 . Sata tarkkaa vuotta. Ampumaurheilun historia Suomessa. Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto 1919–2019 . History of sport shooting in Finland . fi . Helsinki . Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto . 72 . 9789519699127.
  6. Book: 1976 . Virtamo . Keijo . etal . Fokus urheilu 2 . fi . 4th . Helsinki . Otava Publishing Company . 138–139 . 951-1-00331-3.
  7. Book: Virtapohja . Kalle . 2019 . Sata tarkkaa vuotta. Ampumaurheilun historia Suomessa. Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto 1919–2019 . History of sport shooting in Finland . fi . Helsinki . Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto . 57 . 9789519699127.
  8. Book: Siukonen . Markku . 2001 . Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000 . Suuri olympiateos . fi . Jyväskylä . Graface . 135 . 951-98673-1-7.
  9. Book: Roine . Maija-Stiina . 1998 . Kolhon kylän tarina . fi . Helsinki . 90–92 . 9529104316.
  10. News: 12 May 1906 . Nimenmuuttoja. Namförändringar . Lisälehti Suomen Virallisen Lehden. Bihang till Finlands Allmänna Tidning . Suomen Wirallinen Lehti . fi, sv . Helsinki . 28 . 1457-4675 . 10 October 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  11. Book: 1930 . Suomen liikemiehiä. Affärsmän i Finland . fi, sv . I: A–L . Helsinki . Suomen kauppa ja teollisuus . 379.
  12. Book: 1954 . Havu . I. . Poijärvi . L. Arvi P. . Parikka . Eino . Kuka kukin on (Aikalaiskirja) 1954. Henkilötietoja nykypolven suomalaisista . fi . Helsinki . Otava . 385 . 7 April 2021.
  13. Book: Ikonen . Veli . 1966 . Jääsken kirja. Vanhan karjalaispitäjän viimeisten vuosikymmenien historiaa . fi . Jääski-säätiö . 81–84.