Johan Valdemar "Juho" Halme (born Johan Valdemar Eliasson; 24 May 1888, in

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– 1 February 1918, in Helsinki) was a Finnish track and field

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who competed in the

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and

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and won six Finnish championships in various events in 1907–1916. He died during the

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Athletics

Olympics

Halme represented Finland in two Olympic Games.

National

Halme broke two Finnish records in athletics: * 16 May 1912, javelin throw, 56.54 * 16 June 1912, triple jump, 13.95 He also became the second Finn to throw javelin over 60 meters. He won six gold, seven silver and eight bronze medals at the Finnish Championships in Athletics: He was the secretary of Helsingin Reipas in 1906–1907 and the chairman of Helsingin Kisa-Veikot in 1909–1918.

Other

His parents were mason Johan David Eliasson and Amanda Sofia Jusenius. He finnicized his name from Eliasson to Halme in 1905. Halme was the copy editor of ''

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'' in 1912–1917 and the chief executive officer of its publisher Urheilijain Kustannus in 1911–1917. He wrote the first Finnish language history of a sports club in 1907, on Helsingin Reipas. Sportswriter

Yrjö Halme Yrjö, a masculine Finnish given name that is the equivalent of George, may refer to: * Yrjö von Grönhagen, (1911–2003), Finnish anthropologist * Yrjö Jylhä, (1903–1956), Finnish poet * Yrjö Kilpinen (1892–1959), Finnish com ...

was his brother. Together they founded the sports almanac ''Urheilukalenteri''.

Death

Halme had been the manager of sports equipment shop Suomen Urheiluaitta since 1917. On the opening days of the

, clothing and shoes from their stock was distributed to members of the White Guard fleeing Helsinki. As a retaliation, he was shot on the stairs of the

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by Red Guardsmen and died of his wounds in hospital the following day.

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