Pertti Pousi

{{Short description|Finnish long jumper (born 1946)}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Pertti Pousi

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| nationality = Finnish

| sport = Athletics

| event = Long jump
Triple jump

| club = HKV, Helsinki
BYU Cougars

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|6|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Helsinki, Finland

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| height =185 cm

| weight =63 kg

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Pertti Juhani Pousi (born 24 June 1946) is a Finnish athlete who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/pertti-pousi-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181125/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/pertti-pousi-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Pertti Pousi Olympic Results |accessdate=16 December 2017}}.

Biography

Pousi finished third behind Józef Szmidt in the triple jump event at the British 1966 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004973/19660709/016/0016 |title=Gamoudi holds off Tulloch in six miles |work=Western Daily Press |date=9 July 1966 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=9 May 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=9 May 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=9 May 2025}}

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, Pousi competed in the men's long jump and the men's triple jump.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/67753 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=9 May 2025}}

Representing the BYU Cougars track and field team, Pousi won the 1968 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the long jump. He also won the 1969 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the triple jump.{{Cite web |last=Putnam |first=Pat |title=CAL CUTS DOWN THE BARBERIANS |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1970/06/29/cal-cuts-down-the-barberians |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=Sports Illustrated Vault {{!}} SI.com |language=en-us}}

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