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Birth name | Johan Valdemar Kemppainen | |||||||||||
Full name | Johan Valdemar Kemp | |||||||||||
National team | Finland | |||||||||||
Born | Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire | 1 July 1881|||||||||||
Died | 20 October 1941 Lahti, Finland | (aged 60)|||||||||||
Resting place | Old Cemetery, Lahti | |||||||||||
Occupation | Bank manager | |||||||||||
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Johan Valdemar Kemp (born Johan Valdemar Kemppainen; 1 July 1881 – 20 October 1941) was a Finnish athlete who won bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Kemp took part in two different sports in the Olympics.
Games | Sport | Event | Rank | Result | Notes |
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1908 Summer Olympics | Gymnastics | Team | 3rd | 405 points | Source: [1] |
Athletics | Freestyle javelin throw | 10th–33rd | unknown | Source: [2] | |
Shot put | Did not start | ||||
Discus throw | Did not start | ||||
Greek discus throw | Did not start |
He was the commodore of the sailing club Lahden Purjehdusseura for over ten years. [3]
He performed his matriculation exam in the Kotka Swedish Co-educational School in 1904. [4]
He started his career in banking in 1906. [5] He became a bank manager in Helsingin Osakepankki in Lahti in 1919. [6]
He was an independent member of the Lahti city council in 1930–1931. [7] [8]
He was a resistance activist during the period of Russification of Finland, although he estimated his role as minor. [9]
He was a founding member of the Lahti White Guard in August 1917 and joined the White Guard district staff in December. He took part in the Mommila skirmish as a leader in November 1917. [10] [11] [12] He spent the Finnish Civil War obtaining rifles and ammunition and serving as an aide-de-camp and a chief of staff to various commanding officers. [13]
He remained in the local White Guard leadership up to his death. [14] He was awarded the Medal of Merit of the Frontman's Union of Liberation War. [15]
His parents were coachman Juha Juhanpoika Kemppainen and Edla Gustava Helenius. [16] He married Helmi Maria Markkanen in 1910. They had four daughters:
They divorced in 1919. He married Ruth Elna Alanco in 1922. They had no children. [17]
He died of a cardiac arrest. [18] He is buried at the Old Cemetery in Lahti. [19]
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Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Birth name | Johan Valdemar Kemppainen | |||||||||||
Full name | Johan Valdemar Kemp | |||||||||||
National team | Finland | |||||||||||
Born | Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire | 1 July 1881|||||||||||
Died | 20 October 1941 Lahti, Finland | (aged 60)|||||||||||
Resting place | Old Cemetery, Lahti | |||||||||||
Occupation | Bank manager | |||||||||||
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Sport | Gymnastics | |||||||||||
Club |
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Medal record
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Johan Valdemar Kemp (born Johan Valdemar Kemppainen; 1 July 1881 – 20 October 1941) was a Finnish athlete who won bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Kemp took part in two different sports in the Olympics.
Games | Sport | Event | Rank | Result | Notes |
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1908 Summer Olympics | Gymnastics | Team | 3rd | 405 points | Source: [1] |
Athletics | Freestyle javelin throw | 10th–33rd | unknown | Source: [2] | |
Shot put | Did not start | ||||
Discus throw | Did not start | ||||
Greek discus throw | Did not start |
He was the commodore of the sailing club Lahden Purjehdusseura for over ten years. [3]
He performed his matriculation exam in the Kotka Swedish Co-educational School in 1904. [4]
He started his career in banking in 1906. [5] He became a bank manager in Helsingin Osakepankki in Lahti in 1919. [6]
He was an independent member of the Lahti city council in 1930–1931. [7] [8]
He was a resistance activist during the period of Russification of Finland, although he estimated his role as minor. [9]
He was a founding member of the Lahti White Guard in August 1917 and joined the White Guard district staff in December. He took part in the Mommila skirmish as a leader in November 1917. [10] [11] [12] He spent the Finnish Civil War obtaining rifles and ammunition and serving as an aide-de-camp and a chief of staff to various commanding officers. [13]
He remained in the local White Guard leadership up to his death. [14] He was awarded the Medal of Merit of the Frontman's Union of Liberation War. [15]
His parents were coachman Juha Juhanpoika Kemppainen and Edla Gustava Helenius. [16] He married Helmi Maria Markkanen in 1910. They had four daughters:
They divorced in 1919. He married Ruth Elna Alanco in 1922. They had no children. [17]
He died of a cardiac arrest. [18] He is buried at the Old Cemetery in Lahti. [19]
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