Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Paavo•Aho |
Used name | Paavo•Aho |
Born | 22 December 1891 in Helsinki, Uusimaa (FIN) |
Died | 19 April 1918 in Kouvola, Kymenlaakso (FIN) |
Measurements | 180 cm / 63 kg |
Affiliations | Tampereen Pyrintö, Tampere (FIN) |
NOC | Finland |
Finland’s Paavo Aho was a journalist who also had a successful track and field career as a sprinter and shot putter. Aho was part of the quartet that became the Finnish champions in the 4 × 100 metres in 1909. At the 1912 Stockholm Olympics he competed in the shot put and the two-handed shot put events, finishing tenth and sixth, respectively. At the 1914 Baltic Games in Malmö he won the silver medal in the shot put with a throw of 13.33 metres.
In 1910 Aho graduated from Tampere Real High School to work as an editorial trainee before becoming a newspaper reporter in Kouvola. During the Finnish Civil War he was captured by the Red Guards and was executed and buried in Kouvola.
Personal Best: SP – 13.69.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1912 Summer Olympics | Athletics | FIN | Paavo Aho | |||
Shot Put, Men (Olympic) | 10 | |||||
Shot Put, Both Hands, Men (Olympic) | 6 | |||||
Discus Throw, Men (Olympic) |