Abraham Tokazier

Abraham Tokazier (born 29 September 1909 in Helsinki, died 7 April 1976 in Stockholm[1]) was a Finnish sprinter with Jewish descent.

He is best remembered for winning the 100 metres at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium's opening games, but being demoted to fourth place by the jury.

He crossed the finish line first but the official results placed Tokazier fourth, even though the announcer declared him as the winner right after the race.

[2] The scandal became popular again in 2013 as the Finnish author Kjell Westö wrote about it on his book Hägring 38.

Finally on 18 September 2013 the Finnish Amateur Athletic Association made an apology to the family of Tokazier and admitted that he was the real winner of the 1938 race.