Armas Taipale
Olympic athlete
1890 – 1976
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Who was Armas Taipale?
Armas Rudolf Taipale was a Finnish athlete. He competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics and won gold medals in two discus throw event, conventional and two-handed, where the total was counted as a sum of best throws with a left hand and with a right hand. After World War I he won a silver medal in the conventional discus throw at the 1920 Olympics and finished tenth in the shot put. At the 1924 Olympics he competed only in the discus throw and finished in 12th place.
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- Born
- Jul 27, 1890
Helsinki - Also known as
- Armas Rudolf Taipale
- Nationality
- Finland
- Lived in
- Helsinki
- Died
- Nov 9, 1976
Turku
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on July 23, 2013
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