Viljo Armas Antero Leskinen (16 December 1909 – 16 November 1945) was a Finnish sports shooter. He competed in the 50 m rifle event 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 ...

. In November 1945, Leskinen shot and killed a woman in a dispute and then committed

suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Mental disorders (including depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, personality disorders, anxiety disorders), physical disorders (such as chronic fatigue syndrome), and s ...

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* 1909 births 1945 deaths 1945 suicides 20th-century Finnish criminals Finnish male criminals People from Toholampi People from Vaasa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish male sport shooters Olympic shooters of Finland Shooters at the 1936 Summer Olympics Murder–suicides in Finland Suicides by firearm in Finland Violence against women in Finland Finnish murderers Male murderers Sportspeople from Central Ostrobothnia {{Finland-sportshooting-bio-stub