Huvi Tuiskunen


Huvi Hjalmar Tuiskunen was a Finnish sport shooter who competed at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics and won a Finnish championship in 1907.

Shooting

GamesEventRankNotes
1908 Summer Olympics300 metre free rifle, three positions37thSource:
1908 Summer OlympicsTeam free rifle8thSource:
1912 Summer Olympics100 meter running deer, single shots21st
1912 Summer Olympics300 metre free rifle, three positions39th
1912 Summer OlympicsTeam free rifle5th

He received the first Finnish national championship gold in shooting when he won the 300 metre free rifle event in 1907.
He represented the club Suomen Metsästysyhdistys.
He was at the constituting meeting of the Finnish Shooting Sport Federation.

Personal

He was born in Luhtikylä, Orimattila. He moved to a farm in Helsinki in 1898. He moved to open a sports utility shop in Lahti in 1922.
He maintained a link to his family by having a summer villa drawn by Lars Sonck built in Luhtikylä.
He was killed by an accidental discharge of a pistol he was about to clean. He was survived by a wife, a son, and an adopted daughter.
He is buried in the Mustankallio cemetery in Lahti.
He is related to shooters Matti Nummela and Helena Juppala.