Tauno Johannes Luiro (24 February 1932 – 29 October 1955) was a Finnish

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Career

In February 1951 he became the first non-

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to win the youth ski jumping competition in

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. On 2 March 1951 he set a new world record at 139 metres (456 ft) on

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, which remained unbeaten until 1961. He competed in the individual large hill event at the 1952 Winter Olympics and tied for 18th place.Tauno Luiro
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''Skiing Heritage Journal''
pp. 20–25. International Skiing History Association. Luiro suffered from

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, and died of lung

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in 1955, aged 23. His younger brother Erkki Luiro was an Olympic

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competitor, while his nephew Tauno Käyhkö became an Olympic ski jumper.

Ski jumping world record

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1924–56 Winter Olympic ski jumping results
1932 births 1955 deaths People from Rovaniemi Olympic ski jumpers of Finland Ski jumpers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Finnish male ski jumpers 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Finland Sportspeople from Lapland (Finland) 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-skijumping-bio-stub