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In 1912, he finished eighth in the javelin throw.
athletics competitor javelin thrower
In 1912, he finished eighth in the javelin throw.
At the 1920 Olympics his left arm was fractured in a warm-up accident – the spear thrown by James Lincoln struck Myyrä while he was resting on the grass. He also finished 12th in the discus throw, but could not complete his pentathlon events. He never returned to his home country and died in San Francisco in 1955.
Myyrä successfully defended his javelin title at the 1924 Summer Olympics, and then fled to the United States due to his financial problems in Finland.