Erik Wilén
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
| File:Erik Wilén 1929.jpg
Erik Wilén in 1929
|
||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 15 July 1898 Helsinki, Finland |
|||||||||
| Died | 23 July 1982 (aged 84) Helsinki, Finland |
|||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||
| Weight | 72–74 kg | |||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||
| Event(s) | 200–800 m, 400 m hurdles, triple jump | |||||||||
| Club | HIFK, Helsinki | |||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 200 m – 22.6 (1919) 400 m – 49.0 (1923) 800 m – 1:57.0 (1921) 400 mH – 53.6e (1924) TJ – 13.59 m (1918)[1][2] |
|||||||||
|
Medal record
|
||||||||||
Erik Wilhelm "Erkka" Wilén (15 July 1898 – 23 July 1982) was a Finnish sprinter. He competed at the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics in the 400 m and 400 m hurdles events and won a silver medal in the 400 m hurdles in 1924. He failed to reach the finals in all his other events.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Erkka Wilén. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Erik Wilén. trackfield.brinkster.net
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
   |
This article about a Finnish Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
|
This biographical article relating to Finnish athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from August 2015
- Pages with broken file links
- 1898 births
- 1982 deaths
- Sportspeople from Helsinki
- Finnish hurdlers
- Olympic silver medalists for Finland
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Finland
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Finnish Olympic medalist stubs
- Finnish athletics biography stubs
