Heikki Lehmusto Explained

Heikki Lehmusto
Birth Name:Lindholm
Full Name:Heikki Heikinpoika Lehmusto
National Team:Finland
Birth Date:30 August 1884
Birth Place:Porvoon maalaiskunta, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Death Place:Turku, Finland
Education:Doctor of Philosophy, University of Helsinki, 1923
Occupation:Editor-in-chief, teacher, lecturer, adjunct professor
Sport:Wrestling, gymnastics
Weight Class:Heavy weight

Heikki Heikinpoika Lehmusto (30 August 1884 – 22 September 1958) was a Finnish sports leader and a sportswriter who won bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Sport

Wrestling was his main sport, but he won an Olympic medal in gymnastics.

Johan Fredrik Blomqvist was his gymnastics teacher at school.[2] He began wrestling competitively in 1904.[3]

He won the Finnish academic heavyweight wrestling championship in 1914[4] and 1915,[5] which would be his best achievement in the sport as an athlete.

He was the chairman of the Finnish Wrestling Federation in 1932–1936 and 1938–1940, and its predecessor, the wrestling chapter of Finnish Gymnastics and Sports Federation in 1918–1920 and 1925–28.[6]

He was a member of the board of the Finnish Olympic Committee in 1919–1920, 1927–1928 and 1934–1938, and the leader of the Finnish wrestling team at the 1920, 1928 and 1936 Summer Olympics.[7]

He is an honorary chairman of the Finnish Wrestling Federation[8] and an honorary member of the Finnish Gymnastics and Sports Federation[9] and the club Helsingin Atleettiklubi.[10]

He was also an accomplished sportswriter.

Biography

His father was Heikki Lindholm (former Uusi-Lampila), and his mother was Kaisa Niesi. He finnicized his family name from Lindholm to Lehmusto in 1906. His first wife until 1928 was Elin Ingeborg Sjöblom, and his second wife from 1929 was Anna Solntsew-Sundström, the daughter of Sergei Solntsev. His only child, Heikki, was born in 1913.[11]

He took his matriculation exam in the Porvoon suomalainen yhteiskoulu in 1906. He submitted his doctoral thesis to the University of Helsinki in 1923. His academic career peaked with an adjunct professorship at the University of Turku. Johan Vilhelm Snellman was his scientific main interest.[12]

He was a passionate fennophile.

References

  1. 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 .
  2. Book: Lehmusto . Heikki . 1957 . Painiuraltani . fi . Turku . Kirjapaino Polytypos . 16.
  3. Book: Lehmusto . Heikki . 1957 . Painiuraltani . fi . Turku . Kirjapaino Polytypos . 32.
  4. News: V. E. T. . 5 December 1914 . Muutamia tietoja ylioppilaiden urheiluelämästä . Suomen Urheilulehti . fi . 176 . 0355-6085 . 8 June 2019 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  5. News: 1 April 1915 . Akateemiset urheilukilpailut . Suomen Urheilulehti . fi . 450 . 0355-6085 . 8 June 2019 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  6. Book: Järvinen . Eino . 1977 . 70 vuotta suomalaista painia 1906–1976 . fi . Helsinki . Finnish Wrestling Federation . 62.
  7. Book: Siukonen . Markku . 2001 . Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000 . Suuri olympiateos . fi . 12 . Jyväskylä . Graface . 168 . 951-98673-1-7.
  8. Book: Järvinen . Eino . 1977 . 70 vuotta suomalaista painia 1906–1976 . fi . Helsinki . Finnish Wrestling Federation . 15.
  9. Book: Halila . Aimo . Sirmeikkö . Paul . 1960 . Kotkas . Kallio . Suomen voimistelu- ja urheiluliitto SVUL: 1900–1960 . fi . Helsinki . Finnish Gymnastics and Sports Federation . 642.
  10. Book: Lempinen . Jorma . 1993 . Heikki Lehmusto. Painijan sielunelämä . Mäkelä . Pekka . etal . Kilpakenttien sankarit . fi . 3 . Helsinki . Tammi . 250 . 951-30-8902-9.
  11. Book: Kanerva . Juha . 2005 . Lehmusto, Heikki . Klinge . Matti . Mäkelä-Alitalo . Anneli . etal . Suomen kansallisbiografia . Studia biographica . fi . 5. Karl–Lehtokoski . Helsinki . The Finnish Literature Society . 819–820 . 951-746-446-0 . 1456-2138.
  12. Book: Jäntti . Yrjö A. . 1965 . Eliel Lagercrantz–Santeri Levas . Suomen sana. Kansalliskirjallisuutemme valiolukemisto . fi . 12 . Porvoo . WSOY . 357.