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Sport
  
Athletics

Died
  
1 February 2009

Personal best(s)
  
4.83 m (1964)

Event
  
Pole vault

Kauko Nyström

Born
  
3 March 1933
Somero, Finland

Kauko Kalervo Nyström (3 March 1933 – 1 February 2009) was a Finnish pole vaulter who won a bronze medal at the 1962 European Championships.

Nyström retired due to an ankle injury and later worked as a watchmaker and sports official. He died from injuries sustaned in a traffic accident, which occurred 10 days earlier. He had an elder brother Keijo, also a sportsman and watchmaker.

References

Kauko Nyström Wikipedia