Kaarlo Johannes ("Hannes") Torpo (21 January 1901 – 10 September 1980) was a
Finnish
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track and field athlete who competed in the
1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in
Keikyä
Keikyä is a former municipality of Finland in the former Turku and Pori Province, now in Pirkanmaa. Together with Kiikka, it formed the Äetsä municipality in 1981, which formed the Sastamala municipality with Vammala and Mouhijärvi in 2009.
...
,
Pirkanmaa
Pirkanmaa (; sv, Birkaland; la, Birkaria, link=no), also known as ''Tampere Region'' in government documents, is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, South Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Päijät-Häme, Kanta-Häme an ...
and died in
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...
. In 1924, he finished fourth in the
shot put competition.
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1901 births
1980 deaths
People from Sastamala
Finnish male shot putters
Olympic athletes for Finland
Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Pirkanmaa
20th-century Finnish people
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