Arvo Lindén Explained
| Arvo Lindén |
| Birth Name: | Arvo Leander Lindén |
| Full Name: | Arvo Leander Linko |
| Nickname: | Foxterrieri |
| National Team: | Finland |
| Birth Date: | 27 February 1887 |
| Birth Place: | Tampere, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire |
| Death Place: | Helsinki, Finland |
| Occupation: | Shoemaker, postman, night watchman |
| Height: | 166 cm |
| Weight: | 64 kg |
| Sport: | Greco-Roman wrestling, diving |
| Weight Class: | Lightweight |
| Turnedpro: | 1923 |
| Coach: | Iivari Tuomisto (wrestling) |
Arvo Leander Lindén, later Linko (27 February 1887 – 18 March 1941) was a Finnish wrestler, who won an Olympic bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1908.
Wrestling
Lindén began wrestling at the age of eleven, and competitively in 1904, when he won the Häme Province lightweight championship.[1]
He won Finnish wrestling championship in Greco-Roman under 60 kg class in 1908.[2] [3]
He won bronze at the 1908 Olympics, which was a single-elimination tournament:
Arvo Lindén at the 1908 Summer Olympics Greco-Roman lightweight[4] | Round | Opponent | Result |
|---|
| First round | | Win by fall at 2:33 |
| Second round | | Win by fall at 4:15 |
| Quarter-finals | | Win by fall at 13:32 |
| Semi-finals | | Loss by points |
| Third place (best out of three) | | Win by fall at 0:50 |
| Win by fall at 2:25 | |
His Olympic medal was auctioned for 3 500 euros in 2015.
[5] He won the Russian championship twice. In 1909, it was split between him, Emil Väre and Nikolay Orlov. In 1910, he won it exclusively.[6]
Soon after, neuropathic pain forced him to retire from wrestling.[7]
He returned to wrestling by taking part in professional events in Port Arthur, Ontario in 1923, training and coaching at the Nahjus Athletic Club.[8]
Diving
He won the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation championship in plain platform jumps in 1929.[9] [10]
Sources
- Book: Siukonen . Markku . 2001 . Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000 . Suuri olympiateos . fi . 12 . Jyväskylä . Graface . 182 . 978-951-98673-1-1.
References
Notes and References
- Book: M-o-n-i . 1939 . Suomalaisia mestaripainijoita . fi . Porvoo . Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö . 67–69.
- Book: 1976 . Virtamo . Keijo . etal . Fokus urheilu 2 . fi . 4th . Helsinki . Otava Publishing Company . 276 . 951-1-00331-3.
- Web site: 1905-1909 . Miesten kreikkalais-roomalaisen painin SM-kisojen tulokset 1898 - 2019 . Suomen Painiliitto . Helsinki . 1 . fi . 24 March 2019.
- Book: Cook . Theodore Andrea . 1909 . The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 Official Report . PDF . London . British Olympic Association . 331–333 . 26 March 2019 . LA84 Foundation.
- Web site: Ostaja: ”En tiedä, onko edullinen vai ei” – Näin paljon huudettiin vuoden 1908 olympiamitalista . . Mäkinen . Petteri . 10 March 2015 . Tampere . fi . 0355-421X . 24 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180929233421/https://www.tamperelainen.fi/artikkeli/271401-ostaja-en-tieda-onko-edullinen-vai-ei-nain-paljon-huudettiin-vuoden-1908 . 29 September 2018 . dead .
- Book: M-o-n-i . 1939 . Suomalaisia mestaripainijoita . fi . Porvoo . Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö . 71.
- Book: M-o-n-i . 1939 . Suomalaisia mestaripainijoita . fi . Porvoo . Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö . 72.
- Book: Hatton . C. Nathan . 2018 . Wrestling, Immigration, and Working-Class Culture: The Finns of the Thunder Bay District before 1939 . Beaulieu . Michael S. . Ratz . David K. . Harpelle . Ronald N. . Hard Work Conquers All. Building the Finnish Community in Canada . Vancouver, Toronto . UBCPress . 113–115 . 978-0-7748-3468-1.
- News: Juune . 12 August 1929 . TUL:n uintimestaruus... . Työn Ääni . fi . Vaasa . Oy Työn Ääni . 3 . 27 March 2019 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
- Book: 1976 . Virtamo . Keijo . etal . Fokus urheilu 2 . fi . 4th . Helsinki . Otava Publishing Company . 395 . 951-1-00331-3.
