Paavo ("Pekka") Johansson (later Jaale) (21 October 1895, in
Helsinki
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– 5 December 1983) was a
Finnish
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athlete who competed mainly in the
javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the wom ...
.
Johansson competed for Finland in the
1920 Summer Olympics held in
Antwerp,
Belgium
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, winning the bronze behind
Jonni Myyrä
Joonas "Jonni" Myyrä (13 July 1892 – 22 January 1955) was a Finnish athlete who competed at the 1912, 1920 and 1924 Olympics. In 1912, he finished eighth in the javelin throw. At the 1920 Olympics his left arm was fractured in a warm-up accid ...
and
Urho Peltonen
Urho Pellervo Peltonen (15 January 1893 – 7 January 1951) was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw.
He competed for Finland in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden, in both the regular and two-handed ja ...
and ahead of
Julius Saaristo
Juho Julius Saaristo (21 July 1891 – 12 October 1969) was a Finnish track and field athlete. He won two medals at the 1912 Olympics: a silver in conventional javelin throw and a gold in the two-handed javelin throw, a one-time Olympic event i ...
as Finland claimed the first four spots. He also took part in the
decathlon, but dropped out after the first day. He returned to Olympics four years later at
Paris
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, this time competing only in the javelin, but failed to make the six man final.
He also played
football as a
forward. He made one appearance for the
Finland national team in 1919.
References
1895 births
1983 deaths
Athletes from Helsinki
Finnish male javelin throwers
Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Finland
Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Olympic decathletes
Finnish footballers
Finland international footballers
Association football forwards
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