Martti Tolamo

Martti Leo Tolamo (born Topelius; 21 February 1907 – 14 March 1940) was a Finnish athlete. He competed in the Olympic Games as a decathlete and a long jumper; his other strong event was the non-Olympic pentathlon, in which he broke the unofficial world record in 1930 and won two medals, including a gold, at the International University Games.

Career At the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, Tolamo competed in the decathlon, placing 16th. The following year he exceeded the Finnish long jump record with a jump of 7.42 m, but due to wind assistance that record could not be ratified.

At the 1930 Finnish Championships at Tampere he won the pentathlon with 4011 points, an unofficial world record. Tolamo's world record was broken the following year by compatriot javelin thrower Matti Sippala;

Tolamo legitimately broke the Finnish long jump record in 1933 in a dual meet between Finland and Norway, jumping 7.46 m. At that year's International University Games he won silver in the long jump and bronze in the pentathlon.

Tolamo returned to the Olympics in 1936, competing in both the decathlon and the long jump.