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Uuno Railo
Personal information
Birth nameUno August Rosenberg
Full nameUno August Railo
Citizenship
  • Finland
  • United States
Born(1887-01-05)January 5, 1887
Tampere, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
DiedNovember 10, 1934(1934-11-10) (aged 47)
Berkeley, California, United States
OccupationMaintenance man
Sport
SportTrack and field
EventSprint
ClubTampereen Pyrintö

Uno August "Uuno" Railo (born Rosenberg, 5 January 1887 – 10 November 1934) was a Finnish sprinter.

He finnicized his familyname from Rosenberg to Railo on 12 May 1906.[1]

He entered to compete in the 1908 Summer Olympics, but did not start due to a muscle strain.[2]

He won the Finnish national championship gold in 100 metres and 400 metres in 1909.[3][4] He broke four Finnish national records:

  • long jump, 649 centimetres, in Tampere on 3 July 1907[5]
  • 100 metres, 11.0 and 10.8 seconds, both in Tampere on 4 August 1907[6]
  • 200 metres, 23.4 seconds, in Tampere on 5 September 1909[7]

He represented the club Tampereen Pyrintö and was its board member in 1908–1909.[2]

He moved to the United States in 1910. He died in an accident on a fishing trip.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Nimensä suomalaistuttaneita". Aamulehti (in Finnish). No. 107 B. Tampere. 12 May 1906. p. 2. ISSN 0355-6913. Retrieved 9 November 2019 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  2. ^ a b c Siukonen, Markku (2001). Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000. Suuri olympiateos (in Finnish). Vol. 12. Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 264. ISBN 951-98673-1-7.
  3. ^ Hannus, Matti; Laitinen, Esa; Martiskainen, Seppo (2002). Kalevan kisat, Kalevan malja — vuosisata yleisurheilun Suomen mestaruuksia (in Finnish). Lahti: Suomen urheiluliiton julkaisut. pp. 174, 181. ISBN 951-96491-5-8.
  4. ^ Laitinen, Esa (1987). Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa (in Finnish). Helsinki: Finnish Amateur Athletic Association. p. 330.
  5. ^ Laitinen, Esa (1987). Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa (in Finnish). Helsinki: Finnish Amateur Athletic Association. p. 582.
  6. ^ Laitinen, Esa (1987). Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa (in Finnish). Helsinki: Finnish Amateur Athletic Association. p. 566.
  7. ^ Laitinen, Esa (1987). Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa (in Finnish). Helsinki: Finnish Amateur Athletic Association. p. 567.