Juho Aarne Pekkalainen

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameJohan Anders "Juho Aarne"•Pekkalainen
Used nameJuho Aarne•Pekkalainen
Born20 May 1895 in Vyborg, LeningradRUS
Died2 March 1958 (aged 62 years 9 months 13 days) in Turku, Varsinais-SuomiFIN
AffiliationsWiborgs Läns Segelförening — Vyborg, LeningradRUS
NOCFinlandFIN
Medals OG
Gold 0
Silver 1
Bronze 0
Total 1

Biography

Juho Aarne Pekkalainen was married to Elina Amanda (née Karlsson, divorced Rahkonen). Together they had two sons. Only 17-years-old at the time of the 1912 Olympics and the youngest competitor in the sailing events, he was employed by skipper Harry Wahl as a boatman of the crew of the Finnish 10 metres yacht “Nina”, which placed second in Stockholm. In a race-off for silver they beat the Russian yacht “Gallia II”.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1912 Summer Olympics Sailing FIN Juho Aarne Pekkalainen
10 metres, Open (Olympic) Nina 2 Silver