Voitto Valdemar Kolho (born Saxberg, 6 February 1885 – 4 October 1963) was a Finnish sport shooter, who won an Olympic bronze and five Finnish national championships.
Shooting
Olympics
He was the leader of Finland's shooting team in the
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...
and a deputy member of the board of the
Finnish Olympic Committee
The Finnish Olympic Committee ( fi, Suomen Olympiakomitea ry; sv, Finlands Olympiska Kommitté rf) is the national Olympic committee in Finland for the Olympic Games movement. It is a non-profit organisation that selects teams, and raises funds ...
in 1957–1960.
International
Kolho competed at the
1914
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and the
1924 ISSF World Shooting Championships.
National
He won five Finnish national championship golds in shooting:
* 150 metre free rifle, standing: 1919, 1920, 1921
* 150 metre free rifle, three positions: 1920
* center-fire pistol, rapid fire: 1930
He won a shooting competition at the Finnish Winter Games 1919 in Helsinki, the largest shooting competition in Finland yet at the time.
He was a founding member of
Finnish Shooting Sport Federation
The Finnish Shooting Sport Federation, ''Finnish'' Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto (SAL), was founded in 1919 and is an umbrella organization for sport shooting in Finland, representing many international shooting sport organizations in Finland.
SAL ...
and a member of the board in 1919–1921 and a vice-chairman 1953–1957.
Other
He was born to farmer Abram Evert Kolho and Eulalia Riihimäki.
Olympic shooters
Lauri and
Yrjö Kolho
Yrjö Eliel Kolho (née Saxberg, 23 April 1888 – 13 February 1969) was a Finnish sport shooter who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was born in Keuruu and died in Vilppula. He changed his name in 1905.
In 1920 he won the silver me ...
were his brothers,
as was architect
Vilho Kolho.
Born Saxberg, they
finnicized the family name to Kolho on 12 May 1906.
He married Eira Helena Nylund (1895–1984). They had four children:
# Ritva (1929–)
# Maija-Stiina (1930–)
# Mauri (1933–1978)
# Kai (1933–)
He graduated as a Master of Science (Technology) from the
Helsinki University of Technology
Helsinki University of Technology (TKK; fi, Teknillinen korkeakoulu; sv, Tekniska högskolan) was a technical university in Finland. It was located in Otaniemi, Espoo in the metropolitan area of Greater Helsinki. The university was founded in ...
in 1912. He was a senior engineer and a member of the board in the
Enso-Gutzeit Oy in 1935–1950.
He was awarded an honorary doctorate in technology.
In the
municipal elections of 1936 he was elected in
Jääski
Lesogorsky (russian: Лесого́рский; fi, Jääski; sv, Jäskis) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, located on the left bank of the Vuoksi River, on the Karelian Isthmus, near th ...
and was a member of the
National Coalition Party
sv, Samlingspartiet
, leader1_title = Chairman
, leader1_name = Petteri Orpo
, leader2_title = Deputy chairs
, leader2_name = Antti Häkkänen Elina ValtonenAnna-Kaisa Ikonen
, merger = Finnish Party, Young Finnis ...
. He sat until the end of the term, but was not re-elected in
1945
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
Januar ...
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1885 births
1963 deaths
Finnish male sport shooters
ISSF rifle shooters
ISSF pistol shooters
Olympic shooters for Finland
Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in shooting
People from Keuruu