Arvo Jantunen

Arvo Jantunen

Personal information
Born	April 29, 1929 Viipuri, Finland
Nationality	Finnish
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career history
1949–1966	Tampereen Pyrintö
Career highlights and awards
No. 5 retired by the Tampereen Pyrintö Eurobaskets 1957 (11th), 1959 (13th) and 1961 (14th) SM-sarja silver medal in 1958

Arvo Johannes Jantunen (born April 29, 1929 in Viipuri^[1]) is a Finnish retired basketball player and coach, who also played handball, football and pesäpallo at the national top-tier level. In basketball, the 186-centimetre-tall (6 ft 1 in) Jantunen played his whole SM-sarja career for Tampereen Pyrintö. He also worked as the head coach of the team for two seasons in the 1960s.^[2] Pyrintö has retired Jantunen's jersey but allows players to use his number 5.^[3]

Jantunen had 50 caps for the Finland national basketball team and belonged to the Finnish squads in EuroBasket 1957, EuroBasket 1959 and EuroBasket 1961, placing best at 1957 (11th).^[4]

Trophies and awards

Basketball

• Jersey #5 retired by Tampereen Pyrintö
• 11th place in EuroBasket 1957, 13th in EuroBasket 1959, 14th in EuroBasket 1961
• SM-sarja silver medal in 1958

Handball

• Finnish championship in 1959
  • silver in 1954

Sources

• Urheilumme Kasvot Osa 3 Palloilu (in Finnish). Oy Scandia Kirjat Ab. 1973.
• "Arvo Jantunen". Finnish Basketball Association. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
• "National Team Statistics". Finnish Basketball Association. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
• "Arvo Jantunen profile". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 26 September 2015.

References

1. "Koripallon arvokisoissa pelanneet suomalaismiehet". Suomen Urheilutietäjät ry. 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
2. Urheilumme Kasvot Osa 3 Palloilu, 841–842
3. "Kalevi Tuomisen, Olavi Ahosen, Arvo Jantusen ja Seija Leinon paidat Pyynikin kattoon". Tampereen Pyrintö Basketball. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
4. archive.fiba.com