Edvard Linna Explained
| Edvard Linna |
| Birth Name: | Edvard Ferdinand Borg |
| Full Name: | Edvard Ferdinand Linna |
| National Team: | Finland |
| Birth Date: | 26 August 1886 |
| Birth Place: | Mikkeli, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire |
| Death Place: | Helsinki, Finland |
| Occupation: | Procurator, department manager, training course teacher, editorial coordinator |
| Height: | 172 cm |
| Weight: | 60–70 kg |
Edvard Ferdinand Linna (26 August 1886 – 30 December 1974) was a Finnish gymnast who won bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]
Sport
Gymnastics
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.
Figure skating
He won the Finnish figure skating championship in pair skating five times:
Other
He was a founding member of the club Helsingin Luistelijat,[4] and its chairman in 1929–1947.
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.
Family
He finnicized his familyname from Borg to Linna on 23 June 1906.[6] Politically he was a Fennoman.
Successful athletic family members:
- 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
- Web site: Edvard Linna . Olympedia . 2 March 2021.
- Book: The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary . Mallon . Bill . Buchanan . Ian . McFarland . Jefferson, North Carolina, United States . 2001 . 185 . 978-0-7864-0598-5 . registration .
- Book: Siukonen . Markku . 2001 . Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000 . Suuri olympiateos . fi . Jyväskylä . Graface . 186 . 951-98673-1-7.
- Book: Puromies . Anu . 2008 . Tähtiä jäällä. Tarinoita taitoluistelusta . fi . Helsinki . Finnish Figure Skating Association . 65 . 978-951-0-34897-0.
- Book: Virtapohja . Kalle . 2022 . SVUL:n vuosisata. Suomen suurin ja vaikutusvaltaisin urheilujärjestö . The Century of SVUL . Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiön tutkimuksia . fi . 4 . Helsinki . Urheilun ja liikunnan kulttuurikeskus TAHTO, SVUL . 466 . 9789526644219 . 2243-1489.
- News: 23 June 1906 . Nimenmuuttoja. Namnförändringar . Suomen Wirallinen Lehti . Lisälehti . fi, sv . Helsinki . 11 . 1457-4675 . 2 July 2019 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
