Vilho "Ville" Immanuel Tuulos (26 March 1895 – 2 September 1967) was a Finnish

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er and

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er, who won a gold medal at the

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in Antwerp.

Career

At the 1920 Olympic Games, Tuulos won a gold medal in the

. The 14.50 meter jumps he made during the qualifying round was counted for the main event and were enough for the win. Tuulos won the British

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title in the triple jump event and finished third behind Charles Hoff in the long jump event at the 1922 AAA Championships. Tuulos won bronze medals at the

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and 1928 Olympics. In the long jump, his best result was a fourth place at the 1924 Olympics. Tuulos improved the European record in triple jump twice: on 20 July 1919 in

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with a result of 15.30 meters and on 6 July 1923 in

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with 15.48 metres.''Track & Field Statistics"''
Brinkster. Retrieved on 29 July 2015. The latter result stayed as the European record for over sixteen years, until Kaare Strøm jumped 15.49 metres in 1939. Tuulos also won 12 Finnish titles, nine in the triple jump (1919–25, 1927–28), two in the long jump (1921, 1923) and one in the high jump (1923). Tuulos was the uncle of the Olympic figure skater Kalle Tuulos. He died in Tampere, aged 72.

References

1895 births 1967 deaths Athletes from Tampere Finnish male triple jumpers Finnish male long jumpers Olympic athletes for Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Finland Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub