Katri "Kaisa" Vellamo Parviainen (3 December 1914 – 21 October 2002) was a Finnish athlete. She competed in the

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's de ...

at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1948, finishing 16th in 1952; in 1948 she also placed 13th in the

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

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* * * 1914 births 2002 deaths People from Juankoski People from Kuopio Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish female javelin throwers Olympic athletes for Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Finland Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes from North Savo {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub