Tapio Rautavaara
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men’s Athletics | |||
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| Gold | 1948 London | Javelin Throw | |
Kaj Tapio "Tapsa" Rautavaara (March 8, 1915 – September 25, 1979) was a Finnish athlete, performing artist and actor. He won the gold medal in the javelin at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London and many other top placements in international javelin competitions. He was also a member of the Finnish winning team in the archery World Championships of 1958.
His mellow, sentimental recordings have maintained a certain degree of popularity in his native country. His version of the Johnny Cash mainstay I Walk the Line given the title Yölinjalla (and transformed into a song about a long haul truck-driver) is one of the most frequently played recordings played on the radio on nights. Another perennial favorite is his recording of the Reino Helismaa's song Päivänsäde ja Menninkäinen (about a sprite of daylight and a nocturnal troll, and their doomed romance).
Rautavaara acted in numerous Finnish films, and was also supposedly a candidate for the part of Tarzan after Johnny Weissmuller quit his career.
His memorial by Veikko Myller is located in the centre of Helsinki's Oulunkylä district, where Rautavaara spent most of his life. Picture, map and legend of the statue here.
Ville Valo, frontman of a Finnish alternative metal band HIM, regards Rautavaara as his biggest idol in Finnish popular music.
[edit] Rautavaara's most renowned recordings
- Päivänsäde ja menninkäinen(the Sunlight and the Troll), 1949/1965
- Reissumies ja kissa(the Tramp and the Cat), 1949
- Kulkuri ja joutsen(the Tramp and the Swan), 1950
- Isoisän olkihattu(the Grandfathers strawhat), 1951/1964
- Ontuva Eriksson(Limping Eriksson), 1951
- Sininen uni(the Blue dream), 1952
- Juokse sinä humma(Run my horse), 1953
- Kulkuriveljeni Jan(My drifter brother Jan), 1956
- Yölinjalla(I Walk the Line), 1962
- Tuopin jäljet(the marks of my tankard), 1963
- En päivääkään vaihtaisi pois(I wouldn´t change a day), 1979
[edit] Rautavaara's filmography
- Vain sinulle (1945)
- Synnin jäljet (1946)
- Kuudes käsky (1947)
- Kultamitalivaimo (1947)
- Sinut minä tahdon (1949)
- Aila, Pohjolan tytär (1951)
- Rion yö (1951)
- Salakuljettajan laulu (1952)
- Pekka Puupää (1953)
- 2 hauskaa vekkulia (1953)
- Me tulemme taas (1953)
- Kummituskievari (1954)
- Veteraanin voitto (1955)
- Villi Pohjola (1955)
- Kaunis Kaarina (1955)
- Kahden ladun poikki (1958)
- Molskis, sanoi Eemeli, molskis! (1960)
- Tähtisumua (1961)
- X-paroni (1964)
- Anna (1970)
| Olympic champions in men's javelin throw |
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| 1908: Eric Lemming | 1912: Eric Lemming | 1920: Jonni Myyrä | 1924: Jonni Myyrä | 1928: Erik Lundqvist | 1932: Matti Järvinen | 1936: Gerhard Stöck | 1948: Tapio Rautavaara | 1952: Cyrus Young | 1956: Egil Danielsen | 1960: Viktor Tsybulenko | 1964: Pauli Nevala | 1968: Jānis Lūsis | 1972: Klaus Wolfermann | 1976: Miklós Németh | 1980: Dainis Kūla | 1984: Arto Härkönen | 1988: Tapio Korjus | 1992: Jan Železný | 1996: Jan Železný | 2000: Jan Železný | 2004: Andreas Thorkildsen |
