Huvi Tuiskunen

Huvi Tuiskunen
Personal information
Full name	Huvi Hjalmar Tuiskunen
National team	Finland
Born	22 July 1872; Orimattila, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died	31 March 1930 (aged 57); Lahti, Finland
Resting place	Mustankallio cemetery, Lahti
Occupation(s)	Merchant, farmer
Sport
Sport	Sports shooting
Club	Suomen Metsästysyhdistys

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.

Shooting

Huvi Tuiskunen at the Olympic Games
Games	Event	Rank	Notes
1908 Summer Olympics	300 metre free rifle, three positions	37th	Source:^[1]
1908 Summer Olympics	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

^ 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.

External links

Huvi Tuiskunen at Olympedia

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[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.

[urheiluampuja-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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