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Juho Saaristo

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Athletics competitor (1891-1969)

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Juho Julius Saaristo was a Finnish track and field athlete. He won two medals at the 1912 Olympics: a silver in conventional javelin throw and gold in the two-handed javelin throw, a one-time Olympic event in which the total was a sum of best throws with the right hand and with the left hand.

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Awards 5

Cross of Liberty, 3rd Class
Cross of Liberty, 4th Class
Memorial medal of the War of Liberation
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
Knight First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland

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Juho Julius Saaristo was a Finnish track and field athlete. He won two medals at the 1912 Olympics: a silver in conventional javelin throw and gold in the two-handed javelin throw, a one-time Olympic event in which the total was a sum of best throws with the right hand and with the left hand. He finished fourth in the javelin throw at the 1920 Olympics. Saaristo held the Finnish national title in the javelin in 1910, 1911 and 1919.

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Athletes
Type
Athlete
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1891 to 1969 · aged 78
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