Ville Pörhölä

Ville Pörhölä (actually: Frans Wilhelm Pörhölä, born Frans Wilhelm Horneman, born December 24, 1897 in Alatornio, † November 28, 1964 in Oulu) was a Finnish athlete.

Pörhölä is the rare case of a top athlete, is the after retiring as a shot putter a comeback in another discipline, namely as a hammer thrower, succeeded.

At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp Pörhölä competed in three disciplines. In the discus throw, he was charged with 38.19 m aft, weight throwing, he was 8.85 m ninth. In the shot put but Pörhölä won Olympic gold. Pörhölä led after five attempts, with 14.255 m and that he would also become Olympic champion. His last burst of 14.81 m extended the lead over his compatriot Elmer Niklander on 75 cm.

Four years later Pörhölä could demonstrate in Paris in 1924 in the shot put with 14.10 meters seventh. After he retired from the sport. In 1929 he started as a new hammer thrower. At the Olympic Games 1932 in Los Angeles, he finished second behind the Irishman Pat O'Callaghan, who came to 53.92 m 52.27 m.

The European Athletics Championships 1934 in Turin O'Callaghan did not occur to. Pörhölä won the hammer throw with 50.34 meters before the Italians Fernando Vandelli with 48.69 m. At the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936 Pörhölä finished eleventh with 49.89 m.

Pörhölä was 1.83 m tall and weighed 85 kg in his playing days. He came from the small island Röyttä at Tornio. His nickname in Finland was Röyttän karhu ( " bear of Röyttä ").