800 m – 1:58.1 (1911) HJ – 1.75 m (1909) DT – 31.40 m (1906)[1]
A 1988 postage stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Lauri "Tahko" Pihkala.
Lauri "Tahko" Pihkala (born Gummerus, 5 January 1888 – 20 May 1981) was the inventor of pesäpallo, the Finnish variant of baseball.[2] In 1969 he became one of the first persons to receive an honorary doctorate in Sport Sciences from the University of Jyväskylä, together with president Urho Kekkonen and Professor Kaarina Kari.[3]
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Lauri "Tahko" Pihkala (born Gummerus, 5 January 1888 – 20 May 1981) was the inventor of pesäpallo, the Finnish variant of baseball. In 1969 he became...
Nordlund. Martti Pihkala's brothers were Bishop Jaakko Gummerus of Tampere and Professors Lauri “Tahko” Pihkala and Rurik Pihkala. Pihkala's son was Professor...
Unholy War. Four Courts Press, Dublin 2004; ISBN 1-85182-792-7, pg. 154. LauriPihkala & Martti Jukola (1924). Olympialaiskisat ennen ja Pariisissa 1924. 2...
constitution. 1920 – Pesäpallo, the Finnish version of baseball developed by LauriPihkala, is played for the first time at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki. 1921 –...
Archived from the original on May 11, 2024. Retrieved September 22, 2020. LauriPihkala & Martti Jukola (1924). Olympialaiskisat ennen ja Pariisissa 1924. 2...
the Lahti executions, was interested in the eugenics of Martti Pihkala and LauriPihkala (brothers who were among the main inspirations of White Finland)...
also elsewhere. The idea for the games came from a Finnish legend, LauriPihkala in 1922. He wrote an article about a competition equal to the Holmenkollen...
August 1928 in Amsterdam. The later IOC president Avery Brundage and LauriPihkala how invented Pesäpallo were founding members. The International Olympic...
ISBN 9789526744025. Pihkala, Lauri (1924). "Antiikkisen ajan urheilu sekä yleisurheilu nykyajan Olympialaisissa". In Pihkala, Lauri; Jukola, Martti (eds...
N/A 49.20 9 did not advance Two hand javelin N/A 100.24 3 Not held LauriPihkala 800 m did not finish did not advance Julius Saaristo Javelin throw N/A...
World Championship bronze medal Jarkko Nieminen – tennis player Lauri "Tahko" Pihkala – inventor of Finnish baseball (1888–1981) Kustaa Pihlajamäki –...
"Kuvanveistäjä Nina Sailo" (in Finnish). Retrieved 17 March 2018. "Lauri Tahko Pihkala". HAM. Helsinki Art Museum. Retrieved 17 March 2018. "Lotta, Lotta...
ball-batting team games and North American baseball, invented by Lauri "Tahko" Pihkala in the 1920s. The basic idea of pesäpallo is similar to that of...
Finnish. Pihtipudas is known for the annual javelin carnival and Lauri "Tahko" Pihkala, the father of Finnish baseball.[citation needed] Putaanportti area...
1948–1951) Juho Kokko (1914–1922) Antti Kukkonen (1919–1945, 1954–1962) Lauri Kuoppamäki (1917) Frans Kärki (1919–1927) Oskari Lahdensuo (1910–1919) Artturi...
governing body for the sport of bandy in Finland. Developed by Lauri "Tahko" Pihkala in the 1920s and often considered as a national sport of Finland...
Aro, Toivo (1924). "Uintikilpailuista Olympialaisissa kisoissa". In Pihkala, Lauri; Jukola, Martti (eds.). Olympialaiskisat ennen ja Pariisissa 1924 (in...
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