Jean Theslöf (25 June 1884 – 30 March 1966) was a Finnish
sports shooter
Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as ...
and singer. He competed in
four events at 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 ...
.
In 1925 Theslöf moved to the United States. He was a
baritone
A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the r ...
, and he founded a singing school in New York and recorded almost 60 songs during his career. Theslöf sometimes recorded under the pseudonym "Muhoksen Janne."
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1884 births
1966 deaths
Finnish male sport shooters
Olympic shooters for Finland
Shooters at the 1924 Summer Olympics
American people of Finnish descent
20th-century Finnish male singers
Sportspeople from Oulu
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