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.
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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 | |||||||||||
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Medal record
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Sport
editKemp 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]
Career
editHe 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]
Activism
editHe 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]
Personal
editHis parents were coachman Juha Juhanpoika Kemppainen and Edla Gustava Helenius.[16] He married Helmi Maria Markkanen in 1910. They had four daughters:
- Margareta Maria
- Vava Elisabet
- Inga Maija
- Asta Britta
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]
Sources
edit- Schybergson, Carl Magnus (1942). Johan Kemp — en aktiv patriot i Finland 1881–1941 (in Swedish). Turku: Bro.
- Johan Kemp at Olympedia
- Siukonen, Markku (2001). Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000. Suuri olympiateos (in Finnish). Vol. 12. Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 315. ISBN 951-98673-1-7.
References
edit- ^ Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2001). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland. pp. 185. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.
- ^ Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2001). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland. pp. 98. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.
- ^ Schybergson, Carl Magnus (1942). Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä (in Finnish). Translated by Niemi, Jalmari. Lahti. p. 40.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Schybergson, Carl Magnus (1942). Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä (in Finnish). Translated by Niemi, Jalmari. Lahti. p. 25.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Schybergson, Carl Magnus (1942). Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä (in Finnish). Translated by Niemi, Jalmari. Lahti. p. 36.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Schybergson, Carl Magnus (1942). Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä (in Finnish). Translated by Niemi, Jalmari. Lahti. p. 58.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Schybergson, Carl Magnus (1942). Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä (in Finnish). Translated by Niemi, Jalmari. Lahti. p. 42.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Halila, Aimo (1958). Lahden historia (in Finnish). Lahti: Lahden kaupunki. p. 681.
- ^ Schybergson, Carl Magnus (1942). Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä (in Finnish). Translated by Niemi, Jalmari. Lahti. pp. 27–32.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Schybergson, Carl Magnus (1942). Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä (in Finnish). Translated by Niemi, Jalmari. Lahti. pp. 44–49.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Hersalo, N. V. (1955). Puolustustahtoinen kansa. Muinaisitsenäisyydestä valtiolliseen riippumattomuuteen. Suojeluskuntain historia (in Finnish). Vol. I. Helsinki: Hata. pp. 264–267.
- ^ Hurme, Matti (1937). Mommila (in Finnish). Porvoo: WSOY. p. 67.
- ^ Schybergson, Carl Magnus (1942). Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä (in Finnish). Translated by Niemi, Jalmari. Lahti. pp. 53–56.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Schybergson, Carl Magnus (1942). Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä (in Finnish). Translated by Niemi, Jalmari. Lahti. pp. 63–64.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Uola, Mikko (1988). Rintamamiesten liitto. Vapaussodan rintamamiesten liitto/Rintamamiesliitto 1929–1944 (in Finnish). Tampere: Vapaussoturien huoltosäätiö. p. 109. ISBN 9519989390.
- ^ Schybergson, Carl Magnus (1942). Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä (in Finnish). Translated by Niemi, Jalmari. Lahti. p. 11.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Schybergson, Carl Magnus (1942). Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä (in Finnish). Translated by Niemi, Jalmari. Lahti. pp. 36–37.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Schybergson, Carl Magnus (1942). Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä (in Finnish). Translated by Niemi, Jalmari. Lahti. p. 69.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Mellberg, Ira (3 January 2020) [first edition published 20 July 2017]. "Hautausmaiden muurit kätkevät sisäpuolelleen tuhansia tarinoita — osallistu aikamatkalle opastetulla kierroksella". Etelä-Suomen Sanomat (in Finnish). ISSN 0359-5056. Retrieved 4 October 2023.