Heikki Huttunen (26 September 1880 – 21 September 1947) was a Finnish sport shooter who competed at the

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, the

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and the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

and won five Finnish national championship golds.

Shooting

Olympics

International

Huttunen competed in the ISSF World Shooting Championships: *

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: 5th in free rifle team *

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: 7th in free rifle, standing

National

Huttunen won five Finnish national championship golds: * free rifle, standing: 1909, 1924 * free rifle, three positions: 1910, 1913 * free pistol: 1919

Other

He represented the club Suomen Metsästysyhdistys. He was present at the constitutive meeting of the

Finnish Shooting Sport Federation The Finnish Shooting Sport Federation, ''Finnish'' Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto (SAL), was founded in 1919 and is an umbrella organization for sport shooting in Finland, representing many international shooting sport organizations in Finland. SAL ...

, and became its board member. He received the Medal of Merit in silver with golden cross of the Finnish Sport in 1947.

Cross-country skiing

He competed at the

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and 1905 Nordic Games. In 1901, he placed 6th in the 30 kilometre cross-country skiing with time 2:27:29. In 1905, he placed 7th in the same event with time 2:41:55. He was part of the team that won the first cross-country skiing relay race in Finland, which was from Helsinki to Porvoo in 1904. He also took part in the organizational activities of skiing in Finland in the 1900s and 1910s.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Huttunen, Heikki 1880 births 1947 deaths People from Siikalatva Finnish male sport shooters ISSF pistol shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic shooters of Finland Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1924 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from North Ostrobothnia