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'''Paavo Vierto''' (1915–1941) was a [[Finland|Finnish]] [[ski jumper]] who competed in the early 1940s. He finished first in the individual large hill competition at the [[1941 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]] in [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]] (these championships would later be declared unofficial by the [[International Ski Federation|FIS]] in 1946). Vierto was killed in 1941 in [[Ukraine]], the day before he was scheduled to start as the [[Germany|German]] ski team's coach.<ref>Pentti Jussila: Suomen hiihto, s. 78. Otava, 1998. ISBN 951-1-15482-6.</ref> |
'''Paavo Vierto''' (1915–1941) was a [[Finland|Finnish]] [[ski jumper]] who competed in the early 1940s. He finished first in the individual large hill competition at the [[1941 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]] in [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]] (these championships would later be declared unofficial by the [[International Ski Federation|FIS]] in 1946). As a soldier of the [[Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS|Waffen-SS]] Vierto was killed in 1941 in [[Ukraine]], the day before he was scheduled to start as the [[Germany|German]] ski team's coach.<ref>Pentti Jussila: Suomen hiihto, s. 78. Otava, 1998. ISBN 951-1-15482-6.</ref> |
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Revision as of 12:44, 20 July 2016
Paavo Vierto (1915–1941) was a Finnish ski jumper who competed in the early 1940s. He finished first in the individual large hill competition at the 1941 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo (these championships would later be declared unofficial by the FIS in 1946). As a soldier of the Waffen-SS Vierto was killed in 1941 in Ukraine, the day before he was scheduled to start as the German ski team's coach.[1]
References
- ^ Pentti Jussila: Suomen hiihto, s. 78. Otava, 1998. ISBN 951-1-15482-6.
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