Finnish architect and diver
Ilmari Niemeläinen
Ilmari Niemeläinen in the late 1940s
Born (1910-12-16 ) December 16, 1910Jyväskylä , FinlandDied May 28, 1951(1951-05-28) (aged 40)Helsinki , Finland Sport Diving
Heikki Ilmari "Immu" Niemeläinen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈilmɑri ˈnie̯melæi̯nen] Finnish diver and architect . He was born in and died in Helsinki .
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]
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