Väinö Siikaniemi

Väinö Siikaniemi
Siikaniemi at the 1912 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Väinö Villiam Siikaniemi
Born 27 March 1887
Hollola, Päijät-Häme, Finland
Died 24 August 1932 (aged 45)
Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Javelin throw
Club HKV, Helsinki
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 54.09 (1912)[1]
Medal record
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
1912 StockholmTwo-handed javelin throw

Väinö Villiam Siikaniemi (27 March 1887 – 24 August 1932) was a Finnish athlete who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He finished fifth in the conventional javelin throw and won the silver medal in the two-handed javelin throw, a one-time Olympic event in which the total was counted as a sum of best throws with the right hand and with the left hand.[2]

Siikaniemi retired from sports after the 1912 Games and became a math teacher, poet and translator. In 1923 he published his first poem and 1929 a collection of poetry. In 1916 he married singer Oili Silventoinen (1888–1932) and later also wrote lyrics for songs.[3] He died of pneumonia, aged 45. It was said that he caught a cold during a marathon swim, which he took in an attempt to fight depression caused by a sudden death of his wife two weeks earlier.

References

  1. ↑ Väinö Siikaniemi. trackfield.brinkster.net
  2. ↑ Väinö Siikaniemi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
  3. ↑ Kirje lanko Väinö Siikaniemelle, joka pidättää Helsingissä Irmari Rantamalan - taiteilijapari Alma ja Toivo Kuulan kirjeet 1918. yle.fi (12 April 2018)


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