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Finnish athletics competitor
Lauri Wilskman
Lauri Wilskman in 1915
Personal information
Full nameLauri Wilskman
National teamFinland
Born(1887-05-14)14 May 1887
Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died25 November 1937(1937-11-25) (aged 50)
Nurmijärvi, Finland
Resting placeTammisto cemetery, Vyborg
OccupationForester
SpouseIlme Seppälä
Sport
SportTrack and field
Events
  • High jump
  • Discus throw
Club
  • Viipurin Reipas
  • Viipurin Akateemiset Urheilijat
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • High jump: 174 cm (1908)
  • Discus throw: 40.24 m (1915)

Lauri Wilskman (14 May 1887 – 25 November 1937) was a Finnish track and field athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Athletics

Lauri Wilskman at the Olympic Games
Games Event Rank Result Notes
1908 Summer Olympics Discus throw 12th–42nd unknown Source:
High jump Did not start His qualification result was 5 feet 6 inches (168 cm). However, due to changing conditions, his qualification pool was declared void and to be re-jumped. He did not start the re-jump.
Shot put Did not start Source:
Greek discus throw Did not start Source:

He was a founding member and chairman of the club Viipurin Akateemiset Urheilijat, and also represented the club Viipurin Reipas.

Other

He was born to father hovioikeudenneuvos Oscar Waldemar Wilskman (1851–1918) and mother Hanna Augusta Svahn (1861–1932) in Vyborg in 1887. He married Ilme Seppälä in 1916. Their daughter Liisa Ester Vaartaja married Eino Hirva in 1940.

He and Ivar Wilskman were first cousins once removed.

Wilskman graduated as a forester in 1911 and worked in forestry uuntilhis death.

Wilskman fought in the Finnish Civil War.

Wilskman died in Nurmijärvi in 1937.

Sources

  1. "Kuolleita". Helsingin sanomat (in Finnish). 30 November 1937. p. 2. ISSN 0355-2047. Retrieved 25 February 2021 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  2. "Lauri Wilskman". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  3. Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (February 2000). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.
  4. Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (February 2000). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. pp. 79–81. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.
  5. Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (February 2000). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 112, endnote 239. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.
  6. Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (February 2000). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 114, endnote 275. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.
  7. ^ Siukonen, Markku (2001). Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000. Suuri olympiateos (in Finnish). Vol. 12. Jyväskylä: Graface. pp. 373–374. ISBN 951-98673-1-7.
  8. ^ Suomen metsänhoitajat 1931–1945. Finlands forstmästare 1931-1945 (in Finnish and Swedish). Helsinki: Suomen metsänhoitajaliitto. 1946. pp. 697–698.
  9. Huovinen, Pentti; et al., eds. (1974). Kuka kukin on (Aikalaiskirja) 1974. Henkilötietoja nykypolven suomalaisista [Who's who in Finland 1974] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Otava. p. 213. ISBN 951-1-01334-3.

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