{{Short description|Finnish javelin thrower (1888–1918)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Juho Halme | image = Juho Halme.png | image_size = <!-- Use only when absolutely necessary --> | alt = | caption = Juho Halme in the uniform of Helsingin Kisa-Veikot | headercolor = | textcolor = | <!-- Personal information --> | birth_name = Johan Valdemar Eliasson | full_name = Johan Valdemar Halme | nickname = Hindenburg, Juho, Jussi, Puuro, Sonni | national_team = Finland | ethnicity = | citizenship = | birth_date = {{birth date|1888|05|24}} | birth_place = Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire | death_date = {{death date and age|1918|02|01|1888|05|24}} | death_place = Helsinki, Finland | resting_place = Hietaniemi Cemetery, Helsinki<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.hautahaku.fi/map/02-02-019-06-00382/HALME%20JOHAN%20WALDEMAR | title = Halme Johan Waldemar | website = Hautahaku.fi | language = fi | access-date = 7 May 2024}}</ref> | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Journalist, copy editor, chief executive officer, clerk, procurator | years_active = | employer = | agent = | height = 178 cm | weight = 85 kg | life_partner = | other_interests = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | module = | <!-- Sport --> | country = | sport = Track and field | position = | disability = | disability_class = | weight_class = | weight_class_type = | rank = | event = Javelin throw | event_type = | universityteam = | collegeteam = | league = | league_type = | club = {{Unbulleted list|Iisalmen Visa|Helsingin Reipas|Helsingin Kisa-Veikot}} | team = | turnedpro = | turnedpro_type = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | module2 = | <!-- Achievements and titles --> | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | commonwealth = | highestranking = | pb = {{Unbulleted list|'''Javelin''': 60.88 (1914)|'''Triple jump''': 14.51 (1914)|'''Long jump''': 662 (1915)}} | <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = | medaltemplates = | medaltemplates-title = | module3 = }} '''Johan Valdemar "Juho" Halme''' (born '''Johan Valdemar Eliasson'''; 24 May 1888 – 1 February 1918) was a Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics and won six Finnish championships in various events in 1907–1916. He died during the Finnish Civil War.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/67565 |title=Juho Halme |work=Olympedia |access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref> He was born and died in Helsinki.
== Athletics ==
=== Olympics === Halme represented Finland in two Olympic Games. {|class="wikitable" style=" text-align:center;" |+ Juho Halme at the Olympic Games |- !Games !Event !Rank !Result !Notes on source |- |rowspan=5| 1908 Summer Olympics | Javelin throw | 6th | 44.96 |align=left| From ''New York Herald''. His mark was not officially recorded.<ref>{{cite book | title = The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary | last1 = Mallon | first1 = Bill | last2 = Buchanan | first2 = Ian | publisher = McFarland | location = Jefferson, North Carolina, United States | date = 2001 | page = [https://archive.org/details/resultsofearlymo00mall_0/page/115 115, endnote 314] | isbn = 978-0-7864-0598-5 | url = https://archive.org/details/resultsofearlymo00mall_0/page/115 }}</ref> |- | Freestyle javelin throw | 9th | 39.88 |align=left| Source:<ref>{{cite book | title = The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary | last1 = Mallon | first1 = Bill | last2 = Buchanan | first2 = Ian | publisher = McFarland | location = Jefferson, North Carolina, United States | date = 2001 | page = [https://archive.org/details/resultsofearlymo00mall_0/page/98 98] | isbn = 978-0-7864-0598-5 | url = https://archive.org/details/resultsofearlymo00mall_0/page/98 }}</ref> |- | Shot put | 9th–25th | unknown |align=left| Source:<ref>{{cite book | title = The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary | last1 = Mallon | first1 = Bill | last2 = Buchanan | first2 = Ian | publisher = McFarland | location = Jefferson, North Carolina, United States | date = 2001 | page = [https://archive.org/details/resultsofearlymo00mall_0/page/91 91] | isbn = 978-0-7864-0598-5 | url = https://archive.org/details/resultsofearlymo00mall_0/page/91 }}</ref> |- | Triple jump | 18th–20th | unknown |align=left| From ''The Sportsman'' and ''The People''. Many sources do not list him competing in this event.<ref>{{cite book | title = The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary | last1 = Mallon | first1 = Bill | last2 = Buchanan | first2 = Ian | publisher = McFarland | location = Jefferson, North Carolina, United States | date = 2001 | page = [https://archive.org/details/resultsofearlymo00mall_0/page/110 110, endnote 211] | isbn = 978-0-7864-0598-5 | url = https://archive.org/details/resultsofearlymo00mall_0/page/110 }}</ref> |- | Discus throw |colspan=2| Did not start |align=left| Source:<ref>{{cite book | title = The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary | last1 = Mallon | first1 = Bill | last2 = Buchanan | first2 = Ian | publisher = McFarland | location = Jefferson, North Carolina, United States | date = 2001 | page = [https://archive.org/details/resultsofearlymo00mall_0/page/113 113, endnote 259] | isbn = 978-0-7864-0598-5 | url = https://archive.org/details/resultsofearlymo00mall_0/page/113 }}</ref> |- |rowspan=3| 1912 Summer Olympics | Javelin throw | 4th | 54.65 | |- | Two handed javelin throw | 9th | 88.54 | |- | Triple jump | 11th | 13.79 | |}
=== National ===
Halme broke two Finnish records in athletics: * 16 May 1912, javelin throw, 56.54<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Laitinen | first1 = Esa | year = 1987 | title = Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa | language = fi | location = Helsinki | publisher = Finnish Amateur Athletic Association | page = 586}}</ref> * 16 June 1912, triple jump, 13.95<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Laitinen | first1 = Esa | year = 1987 | title = Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa | language = fi | location = Helsinki | publisher = Finnish Amateur Athletic Association | page = 582}}</ref> He also became the second Finn to throw javelin over 60 meters.<ref name="antoivat" />
He won six golds in the Finnish Championships in Athletics: * triple jump in 1907,<ref name="kalevan-227">{{cite book | last1 = Hannus | first1 = Matti | last2 = Laitinen | first2 = Esa | last3 = Martiskainen | first3 = Seppo | year = 2002 | title = Kalevan kisat, Kalevan malja — vuosisata yleisurheilun Suomen mestaruuksia | language = fi | location = Lahti | publisher = Suomen urheiluliiton julkaisut | page = 227 | isbn = 951-96491-5-8 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last1 = Laitinen | first1 = Esa | year = 1987 | title = Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa | language = fi | location = Helsinki | publisher = Finnish Amateur Athletic Association | page = 329}}</ref> 1910<ref name="kalevan-227" /><ref name="tilasto-osa-331">{{cite book | last1 = Laitinen | first1 = Esa | year = 1987 | title = Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa | language = fi | location = Helsinki | publisher = Finnish Amateur Athletic Association | page = 331}}</ref> and 1911<ref name="kalevan-227" /><ref name="tilasto-osa-333">{{cite book | last1 = Laitinen | first1 = Esa | year = 1987 | title = Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa | language = fi | location = Helsinki | publisher = Finnish Amateur Athletic Association | page = 333}}</ref> * long jump in 1912<ref name="kalevan-223">{{cite book | last1 = Hannus | first1 = Matti | last2 = Laitinen | first2 = Esa | last3 = Martiskainen | first3 = Seppo | year = 2002 | title = Kalevan kisat, Kalevan malja — vuosisata yleisurheilun Suomen mestaruuksia | language = fi | location = Lahti | publisher = Suomen urheiluliiton julkaisut | page = 223 | isbn = 951-96491-5-8}}</ref><ref name="tilasto-osa-334">{{cite book | last1 = Laitinen | first1 = Esa | year = 1987 | title = Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa | language = fi | location = Helsinki | publisher = Finnish Amateur Athletic Association | page = 334}}</ref> * javelin throw in 1914<ref name="kalevan-244">{{cite book | last1 = Hannus | first1 = Matti | last2 = Laitinen | first2 = Esa | last3 = Martiskainen | first3 = Seppo | year = 2002 | title = Kalevan kisat, Kalevan malja — vuosisata yleisurheilun Suomen mestaruuksia | language = fi | location = Lahti | publisher = Suomen urheiluliiton julkaisut | page = 244 | isbn = 951-96491-5-8 }}</ref><ref name="tilasto-osa-337">{{cite book | last1 = Laitinen | first1 = Esa | year = 1987 | title = Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa | language = fi | location = Helsinki | page = 336}}</ref> * pentathlon in 1916<ref name="kalevan-249">{{cite book | last1 = Hannus | first1 = Matti | last2 = Laitinen | first2 = Esa | last3 = Martiskainen | first3 = Seppo | year = 2002 | title = Kalevan kisat, Kalevan malja — vuosisata yleisurheilun Suomen mestaruuksia | language = fi | location = Lahti | publisher = Suomen urheiluliiton julkaisut | page = 249 | isbn = 951-96491-5-8 }}</ref><ref name="tilasto-osa-340">{{cite book | last1 = Laitinen | first1 = Esa | year = 1987 | title = Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa | language = fi | location = Helsinki | page = 340}}</ref>
Halme competed in the British AAA Championships and finished second behind Ivar Sahlin in the triple jump event and second behind Mór Kóczán in the javelin at the 1914 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000711/19140704/056/0002 |title=Amateur Athletics |work=Lancashire Evening Post |date=4 July 1914 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=17 November 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000206/19140706/016/0003 |title=Applegarth's Feats |work=Manchester Courier |date=6 July 1914 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=17 November 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=17 November 2024 }}</ref>
He was the secretary of Helsingin Reipas in 1906–1907 and the chairman of Helsingin Kisa-Veikot in 1909–1918.<ref name="antoivat" />
== Other ==
His parents were mason Johan David Eliasson and Amanda Sofia Jusenius. He finnicized his name from Eliasson to Halme in 1905.<ref name="kansallisbiografia">{{cite book | date = 2004 | last1 = Arponen | first1 = Antti O. | display-authors = etal | editor1-last = Klinge | editor1-first = Matti | editor2-last = Mäkelä-Alitalo | editor2-first = Anneli | display-editors = etal | title = Suomen kansallisbiografia | series = Studia biographica | language = fi | volume = 3: Forsblom–Hirn | location = Helsinki | publisher = Finnish Literature Society | pages = 519–520 | isbn = 951-746-444-4 | issn = 1456-2138}}</ref>
Halme was the copy editor of ''Suomen Urheilulehti'' in 1912–1917 and the chief executive officer of its publisher Urheilijain Kustannus in 1911–1917.<ref name="antoivat" />
He wrote the first Finnish language history of a sports club in 1907, on Helsingin Reipas.<ref name="antoivat" />
Sportswriter Yrjö Halme was his brother. Together they founded the sports almanac ''Urheilukalenteri''.<ref name="kansallisbiografia" />
=== Death ===
Halme had been the manager of sports equipment shop Suomen Urheiluaitta since 1917. In the opening days of the Finnish Civil War, clothing and shoes from their stock were distributed to members of the White Guard fleeing Helsinki. In retaliation, Halme was shot on the stairs of the Helsinki Cathedral by Red Guardsmen and died of his wounds in hospital the following day.<ref name="antoivat">{{cite book | last1 = Arponen | first1 = Antti O. | last2 = Kasila | first2 = Markku | last3 = Peltola | first3 = Veli-Matti | year = 2014 | title = He antoivat kaikkensa — viime sodissa menehtyneet mestariurheilijat | language = fi | location = Helsinki | publisher = Auditorium | pages = 19–22 | isbn = 978-952-7043-03-5}}</ref>
==See also== * List of Olympians killed in World War I * [https://sotasurmat.narc.fi/fi/victims/page/p_6393/table Juho Valdemar Halme] in ''War Victims of Finland 1914–1922'' * {{Olympedia}}
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