Vilho Tuulos

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Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Gold	1920 Antwerp	Triple Jump
Bronze	1924 Paris	Triple Jump
Bronze	1928 Amsterdam	Triple Jump

Vilho Immanuel ("Ville") Tuulos (March 26, 1895 – September 2, 1967) was a Finnish triple jumper and long jumper, who was born in Tampere. He won an Olympic gold medal in triple jump in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.

The 14.50 meter jumps he took during qualifying were counted during the main event and were enough for the win. Tuulos also won bronze in the 1924 and 1928 Olympics. In long jump, his best result was a fourth place in the 1924 Olympics.

Tuulos improved the European record in triple jump twice: on July 20, 1919 in Tampere with a result of 15.30 meters and on July 6, 1923 in Borås. The latter result stayed as the record for over sixteen years. Tuulos died in Tampere, aged 72.

Olympic champions in men's triple jump

1896: James Connolly | 1900: Myer Prinstein | 1904: Myer Prinstein | 1906: Peter O'Connor | 1908: Tim Ahearne | 1912: Gustaf Lindblom | 1920: Vilho Tuulos | 1924: Nick Winter | 1928: Mikio Oda | 1932: Chuhei Nambu | 1936: Naoto Tajima | 1948: Arne Åhman | 1952: Adhemar da Silva | 1956: Adhemar da Silva | 1960: Józef Szmidt | 1964: Józef Szmidt | 1968: Viktor Saneyev | 1972: Viktor Saneyev | 1976: Viktor Saneyev | 1980: Jaak Uudmäe | 1984: Al Joyner | 1988: Hristo Markov | 1992: Mike Conley | 1996: Kenny Harrison | 2000: Jonathan Edwards | 2004: Christian Olsson