Vilho Niittymaa
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Vilho Aleksander Niittymaa (August 19, 1896, Yläne
Yläne
Yläne is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated to Pöytyä on 1 January 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 2,119 and covered an area of 364.76 km² of which 21.99 km² is water...

 – June 29, 1979) was a Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.

He competed for Finland in the 1924 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics
At the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, 27 athletics events were contested, all for men only.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-Participating nations:657 athletes from 40 nations competed. Ten nations competed in athletics for the first time...

 held in Paris
Paris
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, France
France
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 in the discus throw where he won the silver medal.
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