Ilmari Niemeläinen

Heikki Ilmari "Immu" Niemeläinen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈilmɑri ˈnie̯melæi̯nen]; December 16, 1910 – May 28, 1951) was a Finnish diver and architect. He was born in and died in Helsinki.

Ilmari Niemeläinen

Ilmari Niemeläinen in the late 1940s
Personal information
Born	(1910-12-16)December 16, 1910 Jyväskylä, Finland
Died	May 28, 1951(1951-05-28) (aged 40) Helsinki, Finland
Sport
Sport	Diving
Medal record Representing  Finland Olympic Games 1948 London Town planning

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin he finished 13th in the 3 metre springboard event and 14th in the 10 metre platform competition. Twelve years later, at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London he finished 19th in the 10 metre platform event.

Art competitions formed part of the modern Olympic Games during its early years, from 1912 to 1948. In 1948, at the London Olympics, Niemeläinen won a bronze medal for his "Athletic Centre in Kemi, Finland".^[1]