Mr. Rautavaara is one of the true icons of Finland. He did a bit of everything and always amazed people by his performance! Rautavaara was an Olympic Gold javelin thrower from 1948 London games, World Champion in archery, filmstar and beloved singer. Rumours say that … Read More →
Ricky Bruch – R.I.P
One of the all time greats, a team Karhu discus thrower Ricky Bruch passed away at the age of 64. We feel very sorry for the loss. With the help of this clip, let’s once more reminisce over the strongest discus thrower ever. Gravy feat. … Read More →
Kaarlo Kangasniemi
A hall of fame weight lifter from Pori, Finland who won Europe, World and Olympic Championships – an achievement only three other Finnish athletes have managed to pull off. He is the only weight lifter who has owned world record in Junior, Adult and Senior classes. Kaarlo … Read More →
Arto Härkönen
This smiley fellow has a reason to be happy. Arto Härkönen surprised many with a gold medal throw at 1984 Olympics Javelin competition. 86,76 meters secured him a place among Karhu’s Hall of Fame javelin team.
Pentti Kahma
Mr. Kahma was extremely diverse athlete and would’ve been badass in decathlon (100m: 11,1sec, Long Jump: 721cm, shot put: 18,19m), but instead he mastered in discus throw. Not a bad decision as he won European Championships in Rome 1974 wearing Karhu shoes.
Mauri Pyhälahti
Mauri Pyhälahti was master in Finnish Baseball, this funky national sport of ours. He was 12 time All-Star and named Baseballer of the year in 1980. Mr Pyhälahti was a salesrep for Karhu for more than a decade and our “MP” baseball shoe was named … Read More →
Ricky Bruch
The Bear of Malmoe, one of the Swedish Team Karhu members, discus thrower Ricky Bruch was an athlete who created intensive emotions. He was a talented guy who rather concentrated on living than training. But still, he held multiple World Records. After his sports career … Read More →
Rainer Stenius
Rainer Stenius was a jumping prodigy in the 1960′s. His personal best in long jump, 816cm remained Finnish national record for 39 years, but the longest leap from Rainer was well over 840cm. The official judged it foul, but it still remains questionable. Rainer has … Read More →
Matti Järvinen
Mr. Järvinen dominated the 1930′s javelin throw scene. He won gold at the 1932 Olympics, ahead of two other Finns and beat the world record ten times consecutively. Part of Järvinen’s success might be because of his close link to the javelins used at Olympic … Read More →
Pertti Ukkola
Pertti Ukkola is a Greco-Roman wrestler from Sodankylä, Finland who dominated wrestling mats in the late 70′s. Pertti was a tough cookie competing. He has gold medal in Olympic, World Championship and European Championship games to prove it.
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, or UKK as we tend to call him, wore Karhus throughout his career. A Finnish Champion in high jump from 1924 became active in politics later on and in fact is the longest serving president of Finland, from 1956 to 1982. More … Read More →
Reijo Ståhlberg
This buff shot putter won three indoor European Championships and still holds the Finnish record at 21,69m. Mr. Ståhlberg is the chairman of the exclusive “20m Club” for shot putters. All of his best achievements were done with Karhu RS shoe, which was named after… … Read More →