Lauri Kolho

Lauri Kolho
Personal information
Birth name	Lauri Saxberg
National team	Finland
Born	7 September 1886; Keuruu, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died	17 September 1940 (aged 54); Vilppula, Finland
Occupation	Farmer
Spouse(s)	Taimi Helena Ahola
Sport
Sport	Sports shooting
Club	Suomen Metsästysyhdistys; Kolhon Ampuma- ja Metsästysseura;
Coached by	Matti Kolho

Lauri Kolho (born Saxberg, 7 September 1886 – 17 September 1940) was a Finnish sports shooter, who competed at the 1908 and the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

Lauri Kolho at the Olympic Games
Games	Event	Rank	Notes
1908 Summer Olympics	300 metre free rifle, three positions	39th	Source:[1]
1912 Summer Olympics	300 metre free rifle, three positions	57th

Kolho was a board member of the Finnish Shooting Sport Federation in 1922–1923.[2]

Family

Olympic shooters Voitto and Yrjö Kolho were his brothers.[3] Born Saxberg, they finnicized the family name to Kolho on 12 May 1906.[4]

He and Taimi Helena Ahola were the parents of Ulla Onerva, who married the economist Seppo Konttinen.[5]

Sources

Siukonen, Markku (2001). Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000. Suuri olympiateos (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 135. ISBN 951-98673-1-7.

References

Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2001). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.
Virtapohja, Kalle (2019). Sata tarkkaa vuotta. Ampumaurheilun historia Suomessa. Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto 1919–2019 [History of sport shooting in Finland] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto. p. 58. ISBN 9789519699127.
Siukonen, Markku (2001). Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000. Suuri olympiateos (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 135. ISBN 951-98673-1-7.
"Nimenmuuttoja. Namförändringar". Lisälehti Suomen Virallisen Lehden. Bihang till Finlands Allmänna Tidning. Suomen Wirallinen Lehti (in Finnish and Swedish). Helsinki. 12 May 1906. p. 28. ISSN 1457-4675. Retrieved 7 October 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
Huovinen, Pentti; et al., eds. (1978). Kuka kukin on (Aikalaiskirja). henkilötietoja nykypolven suomalaisista [Who's who in Finland] (in Finnish) (1978 ed.). Helsinki: Otava. p. 414. ISBN 951-1-04755-8. Retrieved 26 October 2018 – via Project Runeberg.

External links

Lauri Kolho at Olympedia

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[1] Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2001). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.

[2] Virtapohja, Kalle (2019). Sata tarkkaa vuotta. Ampumaurheilun historia Suomessa. Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto 1919–2019 [History of sport shooting in Finland] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto. p. 58. ISBN 9789519699127.

[3] Siukonen, Markku (2001). Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000. Suuri olympiateos (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 135. ISBN 951-98673-1-7.

[4] "Nimenmuuttoja. Namförändringar". Lisälehti Suomen Virallisen Lehden. Bihang till Finlands Allmänna Tidning. Suomen Wirallinen Lehti (in Finnish and Swedish). Helsinki. 12 May 1906. p. 28. ISSN 1457-4675. Retrieved 7 October 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.

[5] Huovinen, Pentti; et al., eds. (1978). Kuka kukin on (Aikalaiskirja). henkilötietoja nykypolven suomalaisista [Who's who in Finland] (in Finnish) (1978 ed.). Helsinki: Otava. p. 414. ISBN 951-1-04755-8. Retrieved 26 October 2018 – via Project Runeberg.