Paavo Liettu (16 May 1905 – 4 September 1964) was a
Finnish
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
track and field athlete who competed in the
1928 Summer Olympics. He was born in
Keuruu
Keuruu (; sv, Keuru) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The popul ...
and died in
Tampere
Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...
.
In 1928 he finished fourth in the
javelin throw competition.
External links
Profile sports-reference.com; accessed 27 February 2018.
1905 births
1964 deaths
People from Keuruu
Finnish male javelin throwers
Olympic athletes of Finland
Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Central Finland
20th-century Finnish people
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