High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Paavo Liettu (16 May 1905 4 September 1964) was a Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was born in Keuruu and died in Tampere.In 1928 he finished fourth in the javelin throw competition.Track and field (also known as track and field sports and track and field athletics) is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing.