Urho Peltonen
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Silver | 1920 Antwerp | Javelin throw | |
Bronze | 1912 Stockholm | Javelin throw - both hands |
Urho Peltonen (born 15 January 1893) was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the Javelin throw.
He competed for Finland in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden in the Javelin throw - both hands where he won the Bronze medal behind fellow Finns Juho Saaristo and Väinö Siikaniemi. Eight years later after World War I he again competed for Finland in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium this time in the Javelin throw where he won the Silver medal again with a cleansweep for Finland with Jonni Myyrä winning and Pekka Johansson in third
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