Voitto Kolho

Voitto Valdemar Kolho (born Saxberg, 6 February 1885 – 4 October 1963) was a Finnish sport shooter, who won an Olympic bronze and five Finnish national championships.

Olympics
He was the leader of Finland's shooting team in the 1952 Summer Olympics and a deputy member of the board of the Finnish Olympic Committee in 1957–1960.

International
Kolho competed at the 1914 and the 1924 ISSF World Shooting Championships.

National
He won five Finnish national championship golds in shooting: He won a shooting competition at the Finnish Winter Games 1919 in Helsinki, the largest shooting competition in Finland yet at the time.
 * 150 metre free rifle, standing: 1919, 1920, 1921
 * 150 metre free rifle, three positions: 1920
 * center-fire pistol, rapid fire: 1930

He was a founding member of Finnish Shooting Sport Federation and a member of the board in 1919–1921 and a vice-chairman 1953–1957.

Other
He was born to farmer Abram Evert Kolho and Eulalia Riihimäki. Olympic shooters Lauri and Yrjö Kolho were his brothers, as was architect Vilho Kolho. Born Saxberg, they finnicized the family name to Kolho on 12 May 1906.

He married Eira Helena Nylund (1895–1984). They had four children:
 * 1) Ritva (1929–)
 * 2) Maija-Stiina (1930–)
 * 3) Mauri (1933–1978)
 * 4) Kai (1933–)

He graduated as a Master of Science (Technology) from the Helsinki University of Technology in 1912. He was a senior engineer and a member of the board in the Enso-Gutzeit Oy in 1935–1950. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in technology.

In the municipal elections of 1936 he was elected in Jääski and was a member of the National Coalition Party. He sat until the end of the term, but was not re-elected in 1945.