Uno August "Uuno" Railo (born Rosenberg, 5 January 1887 – 10 November 1934) was a Finnish sprinter.
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Uno Railo
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Birth name | Uno August Rosenberg |
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Full name | Uno August Railo |
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Born | (1887-01-05)January 5, 1887 Tampere, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire |
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Died | November 10, 1934(1934-11-10) (aged 47) Berkeley, California, United States |
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Occupation(s) | Maintenance man, merchant, master builder |
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Sport | Track and field |
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Event | Sprint |
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Club | Tampereen Pyrintö |
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Personal bests | - 100 m: 10.8 s[1]
- 150 m: 17.4 s[2]
- 220 yd: 22.6 s[1]
- 400 m: 53.2 s[1]
- long jump: 716 cm[1]
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Railo was one of the most talented Finnish track and field athletes of his generation.[3]
He entered to compete in five events at the 1908 Summer Olympics: 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, long jump and triple jump.[4] He couldn't start due to a muscle strain.[5]
He won four Finnish national championship golds in track and field athletics:
He represented the club Tampereen Pyrintö and was its board member in 1908–1909.[5]
Records
He posted two world leading results of the year:
- 100 metres, 10.8 seconds; in Tampere, Finland; 1907[2]
- long jump, 716 centimetres; Waugekan, Illinois, United States; 1911[3]
He broke four Finnish national records:
- long jump, 649 centimetres, in Tampere on 3 July 1907[11]
- 100 metres, 11.0 and 10.8 seconds, both in Tampere on 4 August 1907.[12] The latter stood for 28 years.[13]
- 200 metres, 23.4 seconds, in Tampere on 5 September 1909[14]
He also clocked 100 metres in 10.6 seconds in 1907, but this result was considered unreliable.[2]
He finnicized his familyname from Rosenberg to Railo on 12 May 1906.[15]
He moved to the United States in 1910. He lived in Waukegan, Illinois and worked as a millwright at a wire mill.[16] He died in an accident on a fishing trip.[17]
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Hannus, Matti; Laitinen, Esa; Martiskainen, Seppo (2002). Kalevan kisat, Kalevan malja — vuosisata yleisurheilun Suomen mestaruuksia (in Finnish). Lahti: Suomen urheiluliiton julkaisut. p. 174. ISBN 951-96491-5-8.
Laitinen, Esa (1987). Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa (in Finnish). Helsinki: Finnish Amateur Athletic Association. p. 329.
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Hannus, Matti; Laitinen, Esa; Martiskainen, Seppo (2002). Kalevan kisat, Kalevan malja — vuosisata yleisurheilun Suomen mestaruuksia (in Finnish). Lahti: Suomen urheiluliiton julkaisut. p. 181. ISBN 951-96491-5-8.
Hannus, Matti; Laitinen, Esa; Martiskainen, Seppo (2002). Kalevan kisat, Kalevan malja — vuosisata yleisurheilun Suomen mestaruuksia (in Finnish). Lahti: Suomen urheiluliiton julkaisut. p. 223. ISBN 951-96491-5-8.
Laitinen, Esa (1987). Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa (in Finnish). Helsinki: Finnish Amateur Athletic Association. p. 582.
Laitinen, Esa (1987). Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa (in Finnish). Helsinki: Finnish Amateur Athletic Association. p. 566.
Laitinen, Esa (1987). Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa (in Finnish). Helsinki: Finnish Amateur Athletic Association. p. 11.
Laitinen, Esa (1987). Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa (in Finnish). Helsinki: Finnish Amateur Athletic Association. p. 567.
"Uuno Railo kuollut". Vaasa (in Finnish). Vaasa. 5 December 1934. p. 5. ISSN 0789-0745. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.