Edvard Linna
| Edvard Linna | |||||||||||||||
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Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Ylioppilasvoimistelijat | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Edvard Ferdinand Linna (26 August 1886 – 30 December 1974) was a Finnish gymnast who won bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]
Sport
Gymnastics
| Games | Event | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 Summer Olympics | Men's team | 3rd | Source: [2] |
He was also selected to Finland's 1912 Olympic gymnastics team, but dropped out due to an injury.[3]
He won the Finnish national championship in team gymnastics as a member of Ylioppilasvoimistelijat in 1909.[3]
Figure skating
He won the Finnish figure skating championship in pair skating five times:
- pair Olga Saario: 1927
- pair daughter Hilkka Linna: 1939
Other
He was a founding member of the club Helsingin Luistelijat,[4] and its chairman in 1929–1947.[3]
He was the chairman of the Finnish Skating Association, the predecessor of the Finnish Figure Skating Association, in 1931–1946.[5]
He was a board member of the Finnish Olympic Committee in 1934–1937.[3]
Family
He finnicized his family name from Borg to Linna on 23 June 1906.[6] Politically he was a Fennoman.[4]
Successful athletic family members:[3]
- Daughter Hilkka Linna (1919–1956) won two Finnish pair skating championships with him.
- Her granddaughter Liisa Kiuru (1981–) won a junior Finnish and Nordic championship in synchronized skating.
- Daughter Riitta Linna (1922–2016) won a Finnish figure skating championship.
- Daughter Kirsti Linna (1926–) won five Finnish figure skating championships.
References
- ^ "Edvard Linna". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.
- ^ ISBN 951-98673-1-7.
- ^ ISBN 978-951-0-34897-0.
- ISSN 2243-1489.
- ISSN 1457-4675. Retrieved 2 July 2019 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
External links
- Edvard Linna at Olympedia
