Editing Volmari Iso-Hollo (section)

{{Short description|Athletics competitor}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Volmari Iso-Hollo
| image          = Volmari Iso-Hollo 1936.jpg
| image_size     = 250px
| caption        = Iso-Hollo running the steeplechase at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]].
| birth_name     =
| birth_date     = {{birth date|df=yes|1907|01|5}}
| birth_place    = [[Ylöjärvi]], Finland
| death_date     = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1969|06|23|1907|01|5}}
| death_place    = [[Heinola]], Finland
| height = {{convert|1.76|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|64|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
|sport=Athletics
|event= 1500-10000 m
|club=HT, Helsinki<br/>Keravan Urheilijat, Kerava
|pb= 1500 m – 3:54.3 (1936)<br/>3000 mS – 9:03.8 (1936)<br/>5000 m – 14:18.4 (1932)<br/>10000 m – 30:12.6 (1932)<ref name=r1/><ref name=r4/> 
| headercolor    = lightsteelblue
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry | {{FIN}} }}
{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalGold| [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Los Angeles]] | [[Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metre steeplechase|3000 m steeplechase]]}} 
{{MedalGold| [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin]] | [[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics - Men's 3000 metre steeplechase|3000 m steeplechase]]}} 
{{MedalSilver| [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Los Angeles]] | [[Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics - Men's 10000 metres|10000 m]]}} 
{{MedalBronze| [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin]] | [[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics - Men's 10000 metres|10000 m]]}} 
}}

'''Volmari "Vomma" Fritijof Iso-Hollo''' (5 January 1907 – 23 June 1969)<ref>{{cite web |title=Grave Site of Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907-1969) |url=https://billiongraves.com/grave/Volmari-Iso-Hollo/16701460 |website=BillionGraves |access-date=3 May 2017 |archive-date=13 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013014530/https://billiongraves.com/grave/Volmari-Iso-Hollo/16701460 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vuosisadan urheilijat |url=http://www.sul.fi/index.php?sivutunniste=1&sivuitem=187&riviavain=264 |website=www.ful.fi |access-date=3 May 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927202716/http://www.sul.fi/index.php?sivutunniste=1&sivuitem=187&riviavain=264 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Autio |first1=Veli-Matti |title=Iso-Hollo, Volmari (1907 - 1969) |url=http://www.kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/726 |website=Kansallisbiografia (National Biography of Finland) |access-date=3 May 2017 |language=fi |archive-date=13 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013172509/https://kansallisbiografia.fi//kansallisbiografia/henkilo/726 |url-status=live}}</ref> was a Finnish runner. He competed at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics in the [[3000 m steeplechase]] and 10000 m and won two gold, one silver and one bronze medals. Iso-Hollo was one of the last "[[Flying Finn]]s", who dominated distance running between the World Wars.

[[File:BASA-3K-15-385-4-Volmari Iso-Hollo, 1936 Summer Olympics.jpeg|thumb|left|150px|Volmari Iso-Hollo, 1936 Summer Olympics]]
As a youth, Iso-Hollo did [[skiing]], [[gymnastics]] and [[boxing]], and took up running when he joined the army. He was successful over distances between 400 m and [[Marathon (sport)|marathon]].<ref name=r1/>

Iso-Hollo won his first Olympic gold medal in the 3000 m steeplechase at the [[1932 Summer Olympics]]. He was denied a chance at the [[world record]] because the officials lost count of the number of laps – the lap-counter was looking the wrong way, being absorbed in the [[decathlon]] pole vault. When Iso-Hollo went to his last lap, the official failed to ring the bell, and the entire field kept on running, covering the distance of 3460 m. If the distance were 3000 m, Iso-Hollo probably would have broken the world record. He also won the silver in the 10,000 m.<ref name=r1/>

In 1933, Iso-Hollo broke the 3000 m steeplechase world record, running 9.09.4 in [[Lahti]] and won the British [[AAA Championships]] title in the steeplechase event at the British [[1933 AAA Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000320/19330708/062/0006 |title=Amateur titles contested |work=Gloucestershire Echo |date=8 July 1933 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19330710/227/0014 |title=Finn's brilliant 3 miles : Our athletes shine |work=Daily Herald |date=10 July 1933 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=11 January 2025 }}</ref> 

He went to the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] as a favourite. He won the steeplechase by three seconds, finishing with a new world record of 9:03.8, and earned a bronze medal over the 10,000 m. After the Olympics, Iso-Hollo fell ill with [[rheumatism]] but kept on competing until 1945. He died in 1969 aged 62.<ref name=r1/>
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