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

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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

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. 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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kolho, Voitto 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