Juho Halme

Johan Valdemar "Juho" Halme was a Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics and won six Finnish championships in various events in 1907–1916. He died during the Finnish Civil War. He was born and died in Helsinki.

Athletics

Olympics

Halme represented Finland in two Olympic Games.

National

Halme broke two Finnish records in athletics:

16 May 1912, javelin throw, 56.54
16 June 1912, triple jump, 13.95

He also became the second Finn to throw javelin over 60 meters.
He won six golds in the Finnish Championships in Athletics:

triple jump in 1907, 1910 and 1911
long jump in 1912
javelin throw in 1914
pentathlon in 1916

Halme competed in the British AAA Championships and finished second behind Ivar Sahlin in the triple jump event and second behind Mór Kóczán in the javelin at the 1914 AAA Championships.
He was the secretary of Helsingin Reipas in 1906–1907 and the chairman of Helsingin Kisa-Veikot in 1909–1918.

Other

His parents were mason Johan David Eliasson and Amanda Sofia Jusenius. He finnicized his name from Eliasson to Halme in 1905.
Halme was the copy editor of Suomen Urheilulehti in 1912–1917 and the chief executive officer of its publisher Urheilijain Kustannus in 1911–1917.
He wrote the first Finnish language history of a sports club in 1907, on Helsingin Reipas.
Sportswriter Yrjö Halme was his brother. Together they founded the sports almanac Urheilukalenteri.

Death

Halme had been the manager of sports equipment shop Suomen Urheiluaitta since 1917. In the opening days of the Finnish Civil War, clothing and shoes from their stock were distributed to members of the White Guard fleeing Helsinki. In retaliation, Halme was shot on the stairs of the Helsinki Cathedral by Red Guardsmen and died of his wounds in hospital the following day.