Vilho "Ville" Immanuel Tuulos (26 March 1895 – 2 September 1967) was a

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

er and

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

er. He won a gold medal in the

at the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

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. The 14.50 meter jumps he made during the qualifying round was counted for the main event and were enough for the win. Tuulos also won bronze medals at the

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and 1928 Olympics. In the long jump, his best result was a fourth place at the 1924 Olympics. Tuulos improved the European record in triple jump twice: on 20 July 1919 in

Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...

with a result of 15.30 meters and on 6 July 1923 in

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with 15.48 metres.''Track & Field Statistics"''
Brinkster. Retrieved on 29 July 2015. The latter result stayed as the European record for over sixteen years, until

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jumped 15.49 metres in 1939. Tuulos was the uncle of the Olympic figure skater

Kalle Tuulos Kalle Kustaa Tuulos (15 May 1930 — 4 March 2001) was a Finnish figure skater. Competing in single skating, he was an eight-time Finnish national champion (1949–56) representing Tampereen Luistelijat of Tampere. Sent to two Winter Olympics, T ...

. He died in Tampere, aged 72.

References

1895 births 1967 deaths Sportspeople from Tampere Finnish male triple jumpers Finnish male long jumpers Olympic athletes of Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Finland Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub