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.
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Full name | Huvi Hjalmar Tuiskunen |
National team | Finland |
Born | Orimattila, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire | 22 July 1872
Died | 31 March 1930 Lahti, Finland | (aged 57)
Resting place | Mustankallio cemetery, Lahti |
Occupation(s) | Merchant, farmer |
Sport | |
Sport | Sports shooting |
Club | Suomen Metsästysyhdistys |
Shooting
editGames | Event | Rank | Notes |
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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
editHe 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 maintained a link to his family by having a summer villa drawn by Lars Sonck built in Luhtikylä.[7]
He was killed by an accidental discharge of a pistol he was about to clean. He was survived by a wife, a son and an adopted daughter.[8]
He is buried in the Mustankallio cemetery in Lahti.[4]
He is related to shooters Matti Nummela and Helena Juppala.[4]
Sources
edit- Huvi Tuiskunen at Olympedia
- Siukonen, Markku (2001). Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000. Suuri olympiateos (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 341. ISBN 951-98673-1-7.
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Virtamo, Keijo; et al., eds. (1976). Fokus urheilu 2 (in Finnish) (4th ed.). Helsinki: Otava Publishing Company. p. 138. ISBN 951-1-00331-3.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hakama, Kullervo (22 July 2016). ""Salakuljettaja Tuiskunen" Orimattilan olympiaedustajien pioneeri". Orimattilan Sanomat (in Finnish). Orimattila: Pitäjäsanomat Oy. p. 3. ISSN 1236-6609.
- ^ "Surullinen ampumistapaus Lahdessa". Lahden Sanomat (in Finnish). Lahti: Lahden Seudun Sanomalehti Oy. 1 April 1930. p. 2. Retrieved 7 September 2023 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.