Voitto Hellstén
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Voitto Valdemar Hellsten"Voitto Hellsten Kansanedustajana 20.02.1962 – 22.03.1970."
(Presentation page for Voitto Hellsten, member of Finnish parliament). Retrieved 13 November 2012.
"Voitto Hellsten."
Varaslahto.net. Retrieved 13 November 2012. (15 February 1932 – 7 December 1998), sometimes spelled as ''Voitto Hellstén'',
Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
was a
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sprinter. Hellsten competed in 100–400 m events at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the 400 m in 1956, shared with
Ardalion Ignatyev Ardalion Vasilyevich Ignatyev (russian: Ардалион Васи́льевич Игна́тьев; November 24, 1930 – October 24, 1998) was a Soviet athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He was born in the village of Novoye To ...
. Hellsten was often successful at the annual athletics meetings between Finland and Sweden. From 1962 to 1970, Voitto Hellsten was a member of the
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, where he represented the
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.


References

"THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE GAMES OF THE XVI OLYMPIAD MELBOURNE 1956", p. 740.
Retrieved 7 August 2016.
Lindfors, Jukka
"Melbournen suomalaismitalisteja".
yle.fi. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
"Voitto Hellsten".
ne.se. Retrieved 7 August 2016
1932 births 1998 deaths People from Salo, Finland Finnish male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Finland Olympic bronze medalists for Finland European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Southwest Finland {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub