Pedro Yoma


Pedro Yoma was a Chilean athlete. He competed in the Men's 400m Hurdles in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He also won bronze in the 1952 South American Championships in Athletics in the same event.

Personal life

Yoma was the father of footballer Pablo Yoma, whose mother was the daughter of Finnish footballer August Syrjäläinen. Yoma had met her at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland. The couple married in Finland and lived there together for a period of time before moving to Chile in 1956.