Armas Taipale

Finnish athlete

Armas Taipale

Taipale at the 1912 Olympics

Personal information
Born| 27 July 1890
Helsinki, Finland
Died| 9 November 1976
(aged 86)
Turku, Finland
Height| 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight| 90–95 kg (198–209 lb)
Sport
Sport| Athletics
Event(s)| Discus throw, shot put
Club| HKV, Helsinki
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)| DT – 48.90 m (1914)
SP – 13.855 m (1919);

Medal record

Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
|  1912 Stockholm | Discus throw
|  1912 Stockholm | Two-handed discus throw
|  1920 Antwerp | Discus throw

Armas Rudolf Taipale (27 July 1890 – 9 November 1976) was a Finnish athlete,[1] who competed at three Olympic Games in 1912, 1920 and 1924 and won two gold medals and a silver medal.

## Career

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Taipale started competing in 1908 and won three Finnish titles in the discus throw and two in the shot put.

At the 1912 Olympic Games he won gold medals in two discus throw events, conventional and two-handed,[2][3] where the total was counted as a sum of best throws with a left hand and with a right hand.

In 1914, he won the British AAA Championships title in both shot put and discus throw at the 1914 AAA Championships.[4][5][6].

After World War I, he won a silver medal in the conventional discus throw at the 1920 Summer Olympics and finished tenth in the shot put. At the 1924 Summer Olympics, he competed only in the discus throw and finished in 12th place.

Taipale set two unofficial world records in the discus.[7]

Besides athletics, he competed in Greco-Roman wrestling at the Nordic Games and played association football. In 1923, he immigrated to the United States but returned to Finland in 1974. He was a businessman and lawyer by occupation.[7]

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Armas Taipale.

1. ^ "Armas Taipale". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
2. ^ Rocene, Ray T. (27 June 1950). "Sport Jabs: The Finns ..." The Missoulian. Missoula, MT. p. 9. Retrieved 16 September 2022 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Now You Know". Ukiah Daily Journal. Ukiah, CA. 10 December 1981. p. 5. Retrieved 16 September 2022 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Amateur Athletics". Lancashire Evening Post. 4 July 1914. Retrieved 17 November 2024 - via British Newspaper Archive.
5. ^ "Applegarth's Feats". Manchester Courier. 6 July 1914. Retrieved 17 November 2024 - via British Newspaper Archive.
6. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
7. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Armas Taipale". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

## External links

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* Armas Taipale at Olympics.com
* Armas Taipale at Olympedia

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Olympic champions in men's discus throw

* 1896:  Robert Garrett (USA)
* 1900:  Rudolf Bauer (HUN)
* 1904:  Martin Sheridan (USA)
* 1908:  Martin Sheridan (USA)
* 1912:  Armas Taipale (FIN)
* 1920:  Elmer Niklander (FIN)
* 1924:  Bud Houser (USA)
* 1928:  Bud Houser (USA)
* 1932:  John Anderson (USA)
* 1936:  Ken Carpenter (USA)
* 1948:  Adolfo Consolini (ITA)
* 1952:  Sim Iness (USA)
* 1956:  Al Oerter (USA)
* 1960:  Al Oerter (USA)
* 1964:  Al Oerter (USA)
* 1968:  Al Oerter (USA)
* 1972:  Ludvík Daněk (TCH)
* 1976:  Mac Wilkins (USA)
* 1980:  Viktor Rashchupkin (URS)
* 1984:  Rolf Danneberg (FRG)
* 1988:  Jürgen Schult (GDR)
* 1992:  Romas Ubartas (LTU)
* 1996:  Lars Riedel (GER)
* 2000:  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)
* 2004:  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)
* 2008:  Gerd Kanter (EST)
* 2012:  Robert Harting (GER)
* 2016:  Christoph Harting (GER)
* 2020:  Daniel Ståhl (SWE)
* 2024:  Rojé Stona (JAM)

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Olympic champions in men's throws (defunct events)

Two handed shot put|

* 1912: Ralph Rose

Greek style discus throw|

* 1906: Verner Järvinen
* 1908: Martin Sheridan

Two handed discus throw|

* 1912: Armas Taipale

Stone throw|

* 1906: Nikolaos Georgantas

56 pounds weight throw|

* 1904: Étienne Desmarteau
* 1920: Pat McDonald

Freestyle javelin throw|

* 1908: Eric Lemming

Two handed javelin throw|

* 1912: Julius Saaristo

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AAA Championships winners in men's discus throw

1876–1939|

* 1876–1913: Not held
* 1914: Armas Taipale (FIN)
* 1915–19: Not held
* 1920: Patrick Quinn (IRE)
* 1921: Oscar Zallhagen (SWE)
* 1922: Vilho Niittymaa (FIN)
* 1923: George Mitchell
* 1924–26: Paddy Bermingham (IRL)
* 1927: Kálmán Marvalits (HUN)
* 1928: Ernst Paulus (GER)
* 1929: Harald Stenerud (NOR)
* 1930: Jules Noël (FRA)
* 1931: Endre Madarász (HUN)
* 1932: Paddy Bermingham (IRL)
* 1933: Endre Madarász (HUN)
* 1934: Paddy Bermingham (IRL)
* 1935: Harald Andersson (SWE)
* 1936: Bernard Prendergast (JAM)
* 1937: Nikolaos Syllas (GRE)
* 1938: Adolfo Consolini (ITA)
* 1939: Nikolaos Syllas (GRE)

1946–59|

* 1946–47: Reindert Brasser (NED)
* 1948: Cummin Clancy (IRL)
* 1949: Ferenc Klics (HUN)
* 1950: Raymond Kintziger (BEL)
* 1951: Giuseppe Tosi (ITA)
* 1952–53: Mark Pharaoh
* 1954: Ferenc Klics (HUN)
* 1955–56: Mark Pharaoh
* 1957: Mike Lindsay
* 1958: Fanie du Plessis (SAF)
* 1959: Mike Lindsay

1960–2006|

* 1960: Mike Lindsay
* 1961: Elfranco Malan (RSA)
* 1962: Jay Silvester (USA)
* 1963: Dave Weill (USA)
* 1964: Roy Hollingsworth
* 1965: Lars Haglund (SWE)
* 1966–70: Bill Tancred
* 1971: Les Mills (NZL)
* 1972–73: Bill Tancred
* 1974: John Powell (USA)
* 1975: John van Reenen (RSA)
* 1976: John Powell (USA)
* 1977–78: Pete Tancred
* 1979: John Powell (USA)
* 1980: Brian Oldfield (USA)
* 1981: John Powell (USA)
* 1982: Brad Cooper (BAH)
* 1983–84: Robert Weir
* 1985: Juan Martínez (CUB)
* 1986: Richard Slaney
* 1987–89: Paul Mardle
* 1990: Abi Ekoku
* 1991–92: Werner Reiterer (AUS)
* 1993: Robert Weir
* 1994: Kevin Brown
* 1995: Nick Sweeney (IRL)
* 1996–2000: Robert Weir
* 2001: Glen Smith
* 2002: Robert Weir
* 2003–04: Emeka Udechuku
* 2005–06: Carl Myerscough

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AAA Championships winners in men's shot put

1876–1914|

* 1880: William Winthrop
* 1881: Maurice Davin (IRL)
* 1882: George Ross
* 1883–84: Owen Harte (IRL)
* 1885: Donald McKinnon
* 1886–87: James Mitchell (IRL)
* 1888: George Gray (CAN)
* 1889: William Barry (IRL) & R.A. Greene
* 1890: R.A. Greene
* 1891–92: William Barry (IRL)
* 1893–99: Denis Horgan (IRL)
* 1900: Richard Sheldon USA
* 1901–02: Wesley Coe USA
* 1903: Tom Nicolson
* 1904–05: Denis Horgan (IRL)
* 1906–07: Tom Kirkwood
* 1908–10: Denis Horgan (IRL)
* 1911: James Barrett (IRL)
* 1912: Denis Horgan (IRL)
* 1913: Einar Nilsson SWE
* 1914: Armas Taipale FIN

1919–39|

* 1919: Bertil Jansson SWE
* 1920: Raoul Paoli FRA
* 1921: Bertil Jansson SWE
* 1922: Ville Pörhölä FIN
* 1923: James Barrett IRL
* 1924: Reginald "Rex" Woods
* 1925: Herb Schwarze USA
* 1926: Reginald "Rex" Woods
* 1927: Georg Brechenmacher GER
* 1928: Édouard Duhour FRA
* 1929: József Darányi HUN
* 1930: Jules Noël FRA
* 1931: József Darányi HUN
* 1932: Harry Hart SAF
* 1933–34: Zygmunt Heljasz POL
* 1935–36: Aad de Bruyn NED
* 1937: Hans Woellke GER
* 1938: Angiolo Profeti ITA
* 1939: Aad de Bruyn NED

1946–59|

* 1946: Aad de Bruyn NED
* 1947–48: David Guiney IRL
* 1949: John Giles
* 1950: Petar Šarčević YUG
* 1951: Gunnar Huseby ISL
* 1952–54: John Savidge
* 1955–56: Barclay Palmer
* 1957–59: Arthur Rowe

1960–2006|

* 1960–61: Arthur Rowe
* 1962: Jay Silvester USA
* 1963: Mike Lindsay
* 1964–65: Vilmos Varjú HUN
* 1966: Jan Botha RSA
* 1967: Dawid Booysen RSA
* 1968–69: Jeff Teale
* 1970–71: Les Mills NZL
* 1972–73: Geoff Capes
* 1974: Al Feuerbach USA
* 1975–79: Geoff Capes
* 1980: Brian Oldfield USA
* 1981–82: Mike Winch
* 1983: Mike Carter USA
* 1984: Mike Winch
* 1985–86: Billy Cole
* 1987: Paul Edwards
* 1988–89: Simon Williams
* 1990–92: Paul Edwards
* 1993: Matt Simson
* 1994: Paul Edwards
* 1995: Mark Proctor
* 1996: Matt Simson
* 1997: Steph Hayward
* 1998–99: Mark Proctor
* 2000: Steph Hayward
* 2001–02: Mark Proctor
* 2003–06: Carl Myerscough

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