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Finnish sports shooter

Lauri Kolho
Personal information
Birth nameLauri Saxberg
National teamFinland
Born(1886-09-07)7 September 1886
Keuruu, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died17 September 1940(1940-09-17) (aged 54)
Vilppula, Finland
OccupationFarmer
SpouseTaimi Helena Ahola
Sport
SportSports shooting
Club
  • Suomen Metsästysyhdistys
  • Kolhon Ampuma- ja Metsästysseura
Coached byMatti Kolho

Lauri Kolho (born Saxberg, 7 September 1886 – 17 September 1940) was a Finnish sports shooter who competed at the 1908 and the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

Lauri Kolho at the Olympic Games
Games Event Rank Notes
1908 Summer Olympics 300 metre free rifle, three positions 39th Source:
1912 Summer Olympics 300 metre free rifle, three positions 57th

Kolho was a board member of the Finnish Shooting Sport Federation in 1922–1923.

Biography

He performed his matriculation exam in the Vaasa Finnish Lycaeum in 1905. He tended his family farm from 1907.

He fought in the Finnish Civil War, acted as the local chief of Kolho White Guard and in the staff of the Northern Häme White Guard District.

He was active in the Lapua Movement and the Patriotic People's Movement.

He died of ileus.

Family

His parents were farmer Abram Evert Kolho and Eulalia Riihimäki. Olympic shooters Voitto and Yrjö Kolho were his brothers, as was architect Vilho Kolho.

Born Saxberg, they finnicized the family name to Kolho on 12 May 1906.

He married home economics teacher Taimi Helena Ahola (1899–1966). They had four children:

  1. Ulla Onerva (1931–1993), who married the economist Seppo Konttinen.
  2. Eila Inkeri (1932–)
  3. Vilma Kaarina (1935–)
  4. Lauri Arimo (1938–)

Sources

  • Siukonen, Markku (2001). Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000. Suuri olympiateos (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 135. ISBN 951-98673-1-7.

References

  1. "Lauri Kolho". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  2. Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2001). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.
  3. Virtapohja, Kalle (2019). Sata tarkkaa vuotta. Ampumaurheilun historia Suomessa. Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto 1919–2019 [History of sport shooting in Finland] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto. p. 58. ISBN 9789519699127.
  4. ^ "Henkilötietoja". Aamulehti (in Finnish). 8 September 1936. p. 4. ISSN 0355-6913. Retrieved 23 March 2021 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  5. ^ Roine, Maija-Stiina (1998). Kolhon kylän tarina (in Finnish). Helsinki. pp. 90–92. ISBN 9529104316.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. Siukonen, Markku (2001). Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000. Suuri olympiateos (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 135. ISBN 951-98673-1-7.
  7. "Nimenmuuttoja. Namförändringar". Lisälehti Suomen Virallisen Lehden. Bihang till Finlands Allmänna Tidning. Suomen Wirallinen Lehti (in Finnish and Swedish). Helsinki. 12 May 1906. p. 28. ISSN 1457-4675. Retrieved 7 October 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  8. Huovinen, Pentti; et al., eds. (1978). Kuka kukin on (Aikalaiskirja). henkilötietoja nykypolven suomalaisista [Who's who in Finland] (in Finnish) (1978 ed.). Helsinki: Otava. p. 414. ISBN 951-1-04755-8. Retrieved 7 April 2021 – via Project Runeberg.

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