Paavo Nuotio

Paavo Ferdinand Nuotio ( born March 13, 1901 in Heinola, † November 14, 1968 in Lahti ) was a Finnish winter sports and Pesäpallospieler.

Career

Winter sports

Nuotio, who started for the club Hiihtoseura Lahti Lahti, has enjoyed success in ski jumping and Nordic combined. From 1925 to 1927 he won the Finnish championship in ski jumping. At the Olympic Winter Games in 1928 in St. Moritz, he raced in both disciplines. He reached in ski jumping from the normal hill with jumps on 50 and 56 meters the 12th Place. In Nordic Combined, he missed fourth behind the Norwegians Johan Grøttumsbraaten, Hans Vinjarengen and John Snersrud a medal just barely. A year later he won the international competition at the same place and shortly afterwards in Davos.

Pesäpallo

In pesäpallo, a Finnish type of baseball, Nuotio played for the club and won the Lahti Lahti Suojeluskunta Mailaveikkojen the team in 1925 and the Swedish Championship of 1929 until 1932. 1933 he published together with his friend Lauri Sports Valonen the book Mäenlaskun granddads.