Veli Nieminen

Heikki Veli Nieminen (1 December 1886 – 1 April 1936) was a Finnish gymnast and sports shooter, who won two bronzes competing in the 1908, 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.

Sport
He also participated the ISSF World Shooting Championships twice:
 * 1924: free rifle, kneeling: 5th
 * 1928: free rifle, prone: 17th

He won the Finnish championship in 150 metre free rifle standing in 1925.

He was the secretary of Finnish Shooting Sport Federation in 1927–1936 and a board member in 1919–1933.

Politics
He was among the leadership in the Mäntsälä rebellion. He was prosecuted for the rebellion but acquitted.

He was developing the party platform and organisation for the Patriotic People's Movement.

He sat in the Hämeenlinna municipal council in 1934–1936.