Kalle Järvinen

Kalle Järvinen
	Järvinen in 1929
Personal information
Born	27 March 1903; Jyväskylä, Finland
Died	25 August 1941 (aged 38); Koirinvaara, Suojärvi District, Soviet Union
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot put

Kalle Järvinen (27 March 1903 – 25 August 1941) was a Finnish athlete. He competed in the men's shot put at the 1932 Summer Olympics.^[1] In 1941, while serving in World War II, Järvinen was shot and killed by a fellow soldier during a fight. Both men were drunk at the time. The soldier was later court-martialed for killing Järvinen and sentenced to 8 years in prison.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kalle Järvinen Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
^ A. Arponen – Markku Kasila – Vesa-Matti Peltola (2014). He antoivat kaikkensa. Auditorium. p. 232.

External links

Kalle Järvinen at Olympedia

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[SportsRef-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kalle Järvinen Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

[WWII-2] "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

[:12-3] A. Arponen – Markku Kasila – Vesa-Matti Peltola (2014). He antoivat kaikkensa. Auditorium. p. 232.

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