Voitto Kolho

Voitto Valdemar Kolho (born Saxberg, 6 February 1885 – 4 October 1963) was a Finnish sport shooter, who won an Olympic bronze and five Finnish national championships.

Shooting

Olympics

+ Voitto Kolho at the Olympic GamesGamesEventRankNotes 1908 Summer Olympics 300 metre free rifle, three positions 17th Source: 300 metre free rifle, team 8th Source: 1912 Summer Olympics 300 metre free rifle, three positions 13th Team free rifle 5th 1920 Summer Olympics 50 metre team free pistol 11th 300 metre free rifle, three positions 7th Team free rifle 4th 300 metre team military rifle, prone 3rd 600 metre team military rifle, prone 8th 300 metre team military rifle, standing 7th 300 and 600 metre team military rifle, prone 10th 1924 Summer Olympics 50 metre rifle, prone 18th Team free rifle 5th

He was the leader of Finland's shooting team in the 1952 Summer Olympics and a deputy member of the board of the Finnish Olympic Committee in 1957–1960. and the 1924 ISSF World Shooting Championships.

National

He won five Finnish national championship golds in shooting: 150 metre free rifle, standing: 1919, 1920, 1921 150 metre free rifle, three positions: 1920 center-fire pistol, rapid fire: 1930 He won a shooting competition at the Finnish Winter Games 1919 in Helsinki, the largest shooting competition in Finland yet at the time.

He was a founding member of Finnish Shooting Sport Federation and a member of the board in 1919–1921 and a vice-chairman 1953–1957. as was architect Vilho Kolho. Born Saxberg, they finnicized the family name to Kolho on 12 May 1906.

He married Eira Helena Nylund (1895–1984). They had four children: He was a senior engineer and a member of the board in the Enso-Gutzeit Oy in 1935–1950. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in technology.