Famous People with Name Volmar

Volmar Wikström            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Volmar Wikström: was a Finnish wrestler from Pargas, Olympic medalist in freestyle wrestling.Wikström competed in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm where he won the first four matches but was eliminated in the sixth round.

Volmari "Vomma" Fritijof Iso-Hollo            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Volmari "Vomma" Fritijof Iso-Hollo: was a Finnish athlete, winner of two gold medals in 3000 m steeplechase at the Olympic Games.As a youth, Iso-Hollo did skiing, gymnastics and boxing and took up running as he joined the army. He was successful in wide range of events, running all the dist

Volmari "Valmari" Toikka            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Volmari "Valmari" Toikka: was a Finnish cross country skier who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics.In 1932 he finished seventh in the 18 kilometre competition.

Volmari "Vomma" Fritijof            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Volmari "Vomma" Fritijof: was a Finnish athlete, winner of two gold medals in 3000 m steeplechase at the Olympic Games.As a youth, Iso-Hollo did skiing, gymnastics and boxing and took up running as he joined the army. He was successful in wide range of events, running all the distances between 400 m and marathon.Iso-Hollo won his first Olympic gold medal in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was denied a chance at the world record because the officials lost count of the number of laps, because the official lap-counter was looking the wrong way, being absorbed in the decathlon pole vault. When Iso-Hollo went to his last lap, the official failed to ring the bell, and the entire field kept on running and so the finishing distance was 3460 m. If the distance were 3000 m, Iso-Hollo probably would have broken the world record. He also won the silver in the 10 000 m in Los Angeles.

Volmars Drosted            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Volmars Drosted: was a Danish architect, born in Frederiksberg. He worked on a number of public buildings for the city of Helsingør as well as the thorough restoration of the famous Marienlyst Castle in 1953. Completed Technical School in Copenhagen, the Art Academy (Kunstakademiet) in 1920. He was a member of the Artists Society (Kunstnersamfundet) and employee of Architect Paul Baumann and Professor Hack Kampmann as well as advisory architect for Helsingør municipality from 1929 and for St. Olai Church from 1935. He was architect of the social housing in Helsingør from 1938. Chairman of the Architects Association of Denmark for Østifterne; Member of the Board of Architects Association. He restored the late-medieval Købmandsgaard Stengade, and Dommergaard (Justice Building), 1932–36; Helsingør Kirke-gaard 1934-35; Øresunds Hospital in Helsingør (listed 1796), North and South wing, 1934–35; expanded Helsingør City Hall, 1942–43; and completed the thorough restoration of the famous Marienlyst Castle in 1953.

Adler Volmar            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Adler Volmar: is a Haitian-American fourth-degree black belt judoka. A dual citizen, he competed for Haiti at the 1996 Summer Olympics and has qualified to compete for the United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 100 kg (220 pound) weight class.[1]