Great Olympians

Biographies - LUO

Luo Wenao

B. 1919, Shanghai, China
Athletics

	1948	HP
Men's 5000 m	R1:8th	0.272
Men's 10000 m	AC	9.836
Men's Marathon	dnf	0.000096
		10.108096

Little is known of his life after he returned to China in 1948. He is rumoured to have died in Hong Kong. I shall put his nationality as "China" for want of better information.
Apparently, he was deaf.

Eric Luoma

B. 1929-04-11, Alavus, Finland, represented Canada; D. 2018-01-16
Cross-Country Skiing

	1964	HP
Men's 15 kilometres	61st	-8.64
Men's 50 kilometres	dnf	-4.64
Men's 4x10 kilometres Relay	15th	2.5
		2.5000640064

Jaakko Luoma

B. 1897-07-09, USA, represented Finland; D. 1940-03-12
Athletics

	1924	HP
Men's 1500 m	12th	40
		40

Martti Luomanen

B. 1907-03-05, Karstula, Finland, then part of Russia; D. 1989-04-04
Athletics

	1932	HP
Men's 1500 metres	9th	160
		160

Esko Alpo Luostarinen

B. 1935-05-08, Viipuri, Finland, then Finland, now Vyborg in Russia
Ice Hockey

	1960	1964	HP
Men's Team	7th	sixth	520
			520

(Tapio) Olavi Luoto

B. 1927-01-02, Helsinki, Finland
Athletics

	1948	HP
Men's 1500 m	R1:5th	2.29
		2.29

Written 2017-02-15 - last modified 2020-08-16

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