Matti Järvinen

✶February 18, 1909

†July 22, 1985

1 candle burning, 5 lit in all

About their life

Matti Henrikki Järvinen was a Finnish javelin thrower. He won the Olympic gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics ahead of two other Finns, Matti Sippala and Eino Penttilä, with a throw of 72.71 metres. Four of his other five throws would also have been enough to take gold. The three Finns did not take off their tracksuit trousers during the event.

athletics competitor (1909-1985)

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Biography from the article Matti Järvinen on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.