Martti Henrik Jukola (22 October 1900 – 3 October 1952) was a

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and athlete. He was a pioneer in Finnish radio for his on the field reporting at sports events. Jukola was a

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and participated in the

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Early life and education

Martti Jukola was born in

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in 1900. His parents were Aapo Henrik Jukola and Maria Wilhelmina Grönroos. In 1922, he graduated with his Bachelor of Arts and in 1932 received his

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. The subject of his doctoral thesis was J. H. Erkko.

Career

In 1922, he became assistant editor of ''

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''. He then became corresponding editor in chief in 1931. While working at ''Urheilulehti'', he also served as literary officer of WSOY. He also published work in '' Kansan Kuvalehti'' and '' Urheilija''. He started working for

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in 1931 as a commentator. From 1939 until 1942 he was head of the sports department. He founded the Ylä-Vuoksen Palloseura. As an athlete, the height of his

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career was in the 1920s. His home sports club was

Turun Urheiluliitto Turun Urheiluliitto (TuUL) is a sports club from Turku, Finland that was founded in 1901. The club includes sports teams for cross-country skiing, bowling, volleyball, ice skating, boxing, cycling, triathlon, gymnastics, and track and field. The c ...

. He finished fifth in

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at the

in the semi-finals. He moved to Turku and was represented by Porvoon Urheilijat and Helsingin Kisa-Veikot. He was made an honorary member of the later.

Later life

He died in 1952 in Helsinki.

Works

* ''Olympialaiskisat I-III'' 1924–1928 * ''Olympialaispoikia'' 1928 * '' Juhana Heikki Erkko. Elämä ja teokset'', osa I (väitöskirja) 1930 ja osa II 1939 * ''Me uskomme urheiluun'' 1932 * ''Athletics in Finland'' 1932 * ''Huippu-urheilun historiaa'' (useita painoksia) 1. 1935 * ''Laakeriseppele. Pyrähdyksiä kotimaassa ja maailmalla. Urheiluselostajan muistelmia'' 1943 * ''Urheilun pikku jättiläinen ohjekirja nuorille urheilijoille, tietokirja kaikille urheilunharrastajille'' (1945–1947, useita painoksia) * ''Urheileva nuoriso'' 1948 * ''Suuri Olympiakirja'' 1952

References

Sources

Kuka kukin oli (Wikiaineisto)
* Antti O. Arponen, Matti Hannus, Juha Kanerva: ''Martti Jukola - Suomen urheilun suuri tulkki'', Juva: WS Bookwell Oy, 2000. . * Markku Siukonen: ''Suuri olympiateos 12''. Keuruu: Otava, 2001. . s.97.

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jukola, Martti 1900 births 1952 deaths Athletes from Turku Athletes from Helsinki Finnish sports broadcasters Finnish male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Finland Finnish sports journalists 20th-century Finnish sportsmen