Heikki Huttunen


Heikki Huttunen was a Finnish sport shooter who competed at the 1908, the 1912 and the 1924 Summer Olympics and won five Finnish national championship golds.

Shooting

Olympics

GamesEventRankNotes
1908 Summer Olympics300 metre free rifle, three positions38thSource:
1908 Summer OlympicsTeam free rifle8thSource:
1912 Summer Olympics50 metre pistol28th
1912 Summer Olympics300 metre free rifle, three positions25th
1912 Summer OlympicsTeam free rifle5th
1924 Summer Olympics50 metre rifle, prone20th
1924 Summer Olympics600 metre free rifle44th
1924 Summer OlympicsTeam free rifle5th

International

Huttunen competed in the ISSF World Shooting Championships:
  • 1914: 5th in free rifle team
  • 1924: 7th in free rifle, standing

National

Huttunen won five Finnish national championship golds:
  • free rifle, standing: 1909, 1924
  • free rifle, three positions: 1910, 1913
  • free pistol: 1919

Other

He represented the club Suomen Metsästysyhdistys.
He was present at the constitutive meeting of the Finnish Shooting Sport Federation, and became its board member.
He was the sports director of the Kuopio White Guard district in the 1930s.
He received the Silver Medal of Merit with the Golden Cross of the Finnish Sport in 1947.

Cross-country skiing

He competed at the 1901 and 1905 Nordic Games. In 1901, he placed 6th in the 30 kilometre cross-country skiing with time 2:27:29. In 1905, he placed 7th in the same event with time 2:41:55.
He was part of the team that won the first cross-country skiing relay race in Finland, from Helsinki to Porvoo in 1904. He also took part in the organizational activities of skiing in Finland in the 1900s and 1910s.