Vilho Tuulos Explained

Birth Date:26 March 1895
Birth Place:Tampere, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Death Date:2 September 1967 (aged 72)
Death Place:Tampereen, Finland
Height:183 cm
Weight:77 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:Long jump, triple jump
Club:Tampereen Pyrintö
Pb:LJ – 7.31 m (1923)
TJ – 15.48 m (1923)
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Vilho "Ville" Immanuel Tuulos (26 March 1895 – 2 September 1967) was a Finnish triple jumper and long jumper, who won a gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.[1]

Career

At the 1920 Olympic Games, Tuulos won a gold medal in the triple jump. The 14.50 meter jumps he made during the qualifying round was counted for the main event and were enough for the win.

Tuulos won the British AAA Championships title in the triple jump event and finished third behind Charles Hoff in the long jump event at the 1922 AAA Championships.[2] [3] [4]

Tuulos won bronze medals at the 1924 and 1928 Olympics. In the long jump, his best result was a fourth place at the 1924 Olympics.[5]

Tuulos improved the European record in triple jump twice: on 20 July 1919 in Tampere with a result of 15.30 meters and on 6 July 1923 in Borås with 15.48 metres.[6] The latter result stayed as the European record for over sixteen years, until Kaare Strøm jumped 15.49 metres in 1939.[7]

Tuulos was the uncle of the Olympic figure skater Kalle Tuulos. He died in Tampere, aged 72.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vilho Tuulos . Olympedia . 20 July 2021.
  2. News: AAA Championships . Daily Mirror . 1 July 1922 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 1 December 2024 .
  3. News: Athletic Championships . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . 3 July 1922 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 1 December 2024 .
  4. Web site: AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists . National Union of Track Statisticians . 1 December 2024 .
  5. Web site: Ville Tuulos. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417115326/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tu/ville-tuulos-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. Sports-Reference.com. 9 April 2010.
  6. http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=6826&Gender=M Track & Field Statistics"
  7. News: Kaare Strøms 15,82 må strykes som rekord. 30 March 1946. Verdens Gang. 8. no.