Paavo Aho
Paavo Aho (22 December 1891 – 19 April 1918) was a Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1912 he finished sixth in the two handed shot put competition and tenth in the shot put event.[1]
He was born in Helsinki and was executed during the Finnish Civil War, captured while acting as a local White Guard commander in Hamina.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Paavo Aho". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ "Vuoden 1918 kahinoissa kuoli viisi suomalaista olympiaurheilijaa". sci.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 4 September 2021.
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- People from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)
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- People of the Finnish Civil War (White side)
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