Akilles Järvinen

Medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for  Finland
Olympic Games
Silver Amsterdam 1928 Decathlon
Silver Los Angeles 1932 Decathlon
European Championships
Silver Turin 1934 400 m hurdles

Akilles ("Aki") Eero Johannes Järvinen (September 19, 1905, Jyväskylä – March 7, 1943) was a Finnish athlete and decathlete and Olympic medallist.

Järvinen could be considered one of Finland's most versatile athletes. At the national level, his decathlon records are still competitive. His greatest success was as a decathlete; he won two Olympic silver medals in the event. If the current decathlon points tables had been used, Järvinen would have won the gold medal on both occasion.[1] He also won a silver medal in the 400 m hurdles in the European Championships.

Akilles Järvinen's father, Verner Järvinen, was himself a champion in the 1906 Summer Olympics. The pair had a falling-out when Akilles started dating Annikki Sauli because her father, Jalmari Sauli, had placed ahead of Verner in the shot put at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Akilles' brother Matti Järvinen was an Olympic champion and 10-time world-record breaker in javelin throw.

Akilles died in 1943 when the VL Pyry (serial number PY-37) trainer aircraft that he was flying in and that was piloted by Captain Erkki Pohjanheimo, crashed during a test flight.

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Citations
  1. ^ Wallechinsky, David (2008). The Complete Book of the Olympics. Aurum Press Ltd. p. 263. ISBN 978-1-84513-330-6. 

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Records
Preceded by
Paavo Yrjölä
Men's Decathlon World Record Holder
July 20, 1930 – August 6, 1932
Succeeded by
James Bausch