Risto Johannes Kuntsi (18 June 1912 – 6 August 1964) was a Finnish

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

ter who won a silver medal at the 1934 European Championships. He competed at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

and finished in 13th place.

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1912 births 1964 deaths Finnish male shot putters Olympic athletes of Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from Jyväskylä 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub