Paavo Aho

Finnish shot putter
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Quick Facts

IntroFinnish shot putter
PlacesFinland
wasAthlete Shot putter
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth22 December 1891, Helsinki, Finland
Death19 April 1918Kouvola, Finland (aged 26 years)
Star signCapricorn
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Biography

Paavo Aho (22 December 1891 – 19 April 1918) was a Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

In 1912 he finished sixth in the two handed shot put competition and tenth in the shot put event.

He was born in Helsinki and died executed during the Finnish Civil War, captured while acting as a local White Guard commander in Hamina.

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