Onni Rajasaari
Finnish athletics competitor
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Full name | Onni Rafael Rajasaari | |||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Finland | |||||||||||||||||
Born | 2 March 1910 (1910-03-02) Hanko, Uusimaa | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 12 November 1994(1994-11-12) (aged 84) Hanko | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Country | Finland | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Long jump, Triple jump | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Helsingin Kisa-Veikot Hangon Hyrskyt | |||||||||||||||||
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Onni Rafael Rajasaari (2 March 1910 in Hanko – 12 November 1994 in Hanko) was a Finnish athlete specializing in the long jump and triple jump. He took part in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics,[1] but is best known for becoming European champion in triple jump in 1938 in Paris. In the summer of 1939, Rajasaari set a new European record in triple jump, as he jumped 15.52 meters at a competition in Lahti.[2]
National titles
- Finnish Athletics Championships
- Triple jump: 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
- Long jump: 1938
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1932 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, USA | 11th | Triple Jump | 14.20 m |
1934 | European Championships | Turin, Italy | 3rd | Triple Jump | 14.74 m |
1936 | Olympic Games | Berlin, Germany | 25th (q) | Long jump | x |
11th | Triple jump | 14,20 m | |||
1938 | European Championships | Paris, France | 1st | Triple Jump | 15.32 m |
Personal bests
Event | Best | Venue | Date |
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Triple jump | 15.52 m | Lahti, Finland | 16 July 1939 |
Last updated 29 July 2015.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Onni Rajasaari". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ^ Track & Field Statistics". Brinkster. Retrieved on 2015-07-29.
External links
- Onni Rajasaari at World Athletics
- Onni Rajasaari at European Athletics (archive)
- Onni Rafael Rajasaari at Olympics.com
- Onni Rajasaari at Olympic.org (archived)
- Onni Rajasaari at Olympedia
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European Athletics Championships champions in men's triple jump
- 1934: Willem Peters (NED)
- 1938: Onni Rajasaari (FIN)
- 1946: Valdemar Rautio (FIN)
- 1950: Leonid Shcherbakov (URS)
- 1954: Leonid Shcherbakov (URS)
- 1958: Józef Szmidt (POL)
- 1962: Józef Szmidt (POL)
- 1966: Georgi Stoykovski (BUL)
- 1969: Viktor Saneyev (URS)
- 1971: Jörg Drehmel (GDR)
- 1974: Viktor Saneyev (URS)
- 1978: Miloš Srejović (YUG)
- 1982: Keith Connor (GBR)
- 1986: Khristo Markov (BUL)
- 1990: Leonid Voloshin (URS)
- 1994: Denis Kapustin (RUS)
- 1998: Jonathan Edwards (GBR)
- 2002: Christian Olsson (SWE)
- 2006: Christian Olsson (SWE)
- 2010: Phillips Idowu (GBR)
- 2014: Fabrizio Donato (ITA)
- 2014: Benjamin Compaoré (FRA)
- 2016: Max Heß (GER)
- 2018: Nelson Évora (POR)
- 2022: Pedro Pichardo (POR)
- 2024: Jordan Díaz (ESP)
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