Huvi Tuiskunen

Huvi Hjalmar Tuiskunen (22 July 1872 31 March 1930) was a Finnish sport shooter, who competed at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics, and won a Finnish championship in 1907.

Huvi Tuiskunen
Personal information
Full nameHuvi Hjalmar Tuiskunen
National teamFinland
Born(1872-07-22)22 July 1872
Orimattila, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died31 March 1930(1930-03-31) (aged 57)
Lahti, Finland
Resting placeMustankallio cemetery, Lahti
OccupationMerchant, farmer
Sport
SportSports shooting
ClubSuomen Metsästysyhdistys

Shooting

Huvi Tuiskunen at the Olympic Games
Games Event Rank Notes
1908 Summer Olympics 300 metre free rifle, three positions 37th Source:[1]
Team free rifle 8th Source:[2]
1912 Summer Olympics 100 meter running deer, single shots 21st
300 metre free rifle, three positions 39th
Team free rifle 5th

He received the first Finnish national championship gold in shooting, when he won the 300 metre free rifle event in 1907.[3]

He represented the club Suomen Metsästysyhdistys.[4]

He was at the constituting meeting of the Finnish Shooting Sport Federation.[5]

Personal

He was born in Luhtikylä, Orimattila. He moved to farm in Helsinki in 1898. He moved to open a sports utility shop in Lahti in 1922.[6]

He is buried in the Mustankallio cemetery in Lahti.[4]

He is related to shooters Matti Nummela and Helena Juppala.[4]

Sources

  • Siukonen, Markku (2001). Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000. Suuri olympiateos (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 341. ISBN 951-98673-1-7.

References

  1. 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.
  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. 227. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.
  3. Virtamo, Keijo; et al., eds. (1976). Fokus urheilu 2 (in Finnish) (4th ed.). Helsinki: Otava Publishing Company. p. 138. ISBN 951-1-00331-3.
  4. Palo, Lassi (26 February 2014). "Juhlavuosi Huvi Tuiskusen jättämää muistoa ja perintöä kunnioittaen" (PDF). Urheiluampuja (in Finnish). No. 1/2014. pp. 8–9. ISSN 0789-516X. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  5. 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. 45. ISBN 9789519699127.
  6. Virtapohja, Kalle (2019). Sata tarkkaa vuotta. Ampumaurheilun historia Suomessa. Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto 1919–2019 [History of sport shooting in Finland] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto. pp. 285–286. ISBN 9789519699127.
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