Vilho Niittymaa Explained

Birth Date:19 August 1896
Birth Place:Yläne, Finland
Death Date:29 June 1979 (aged 82)
Death Place:Helsinki, Finland
Height:1.79m (05.87feet)
Weight:800NaN0
Sport:Athletics
Event:Discus throw, hammer throw, shot put
Club:Rauman Urheilijat
Pb:DT – 46.95 m (1923)
HT – 37.13 m (1919)
SP – 13.57 m (1922)
Show-Medals:yes

Vilho Aleksander Niittymaa (19 August 1896 – 29 June 1979) was a Finnish athlete who competed in the discus throw, hammer throw and shot put.

Career

Niittymaa won the British AAA Championships title in the discus event and finished third behind fellow Finn Ville Pörhölä in the shot put event at the 1922 AAA Championships.[1] [2] [3]

Niittymaa won a silver medal in the discus at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: AAA Championships . Daily Mirror . 1 July 1922 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 1 December 2024 .
  2. News: Athletic Championships . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . 3 July 1922 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 1 December 2024 .
  3. Web site: AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists . National Union of Track Statisticians . 1 December 2024 .
  4. Web site: Vilho Niittymaa . Olympedia . 1 October 2021.