Voitto Valdemar Kolho (born Saxberg, 6 February 1885 – 4 October 1963) was a Finnish sport shooter, who won an Olympic bronze and five Finnish national championships.[1]
Games | Event | Rank | Notes |
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1908 Summer Olympics | 300 metre free rifle, three positions | 17th | Source:[2] |
300 metre free rifle, team | 8th | Source:[3] | |
1912 Summer Olympics | 300 metre free rifle, three positions | 13th | |
Team free rifle | 5th | ||
1920 Summer Olympics | 50 metre team free pistol | 11th | |
300 metre free rifle, three positions | 7th | ||
Team free rifle | 4th | ||
300 metre team military rifle, prone | 3rd | ||
600 metre team military rifle, prone | 8th | ||
300 metre team military rifle, standing | 7th | ||
300 and 600 metre team military rifle, prone | 10th | ||
1924 Summer Olympics | 50 metre rifle, prone | 18th | |
Team free rifle | 5th |
He was the leader of Finland's shooting team in the 1952 Summer Olympics and a deputy member of the board of the Finnish Olympic Committee in 1957–1960.[4]
Kolho competed at the 1914[5] and the 1924 ISSF World Shooting Championships.[6]
He won five Finnish national championship golds in shooting:[7]
He won a shooting competition at the Finnish Winter Games 1919 in Helsinki, the largest shooting competition in Finland yet at the time.[8]
He was a founding member of Finnish Shooting Sport Federation and a member of the board in 1919–1921 and a vice-chairman 1953–1957.[4]
He was born to farmer Abram Evert Kolho and Eulalia Riihimäki.[9] Olympic shooters Lauri and Yrjö Kolho were his brothers,[4] as was architect Vilho Kolho.[10] Born Saxberg, they finnicized the family name to Kolho on 12 May 1906.[11]
He married Eira Helena Nylund (1895–1984). They had four children:[10]
He graduated as a Master of Science (Technology) from the Helsinki University of Technology in 1912.[12] He was a senior engineer and a member of the board in the Enso-Gutzeit Oy in 1935–1950.[9] He was awarded an honorary doctorate in technology.[10]
In the municipal elections of 1936 he was elected in Jääski and was a member of the National Coalition Party. He sat until the end of the term, but was not re-elected in 1945.[13]
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