Jean Cronstedt Explained

Jean Cronstedt
Nationality:	Swedish
Sport:	Gymnastics
Birth Date:	1932 10, df=y
Birth Place:	Helsinki, Finland

Jean "Janne" Cronstedt (born 6 October 1932) is a Swedish former gymnast.^[1] He competed in eight events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.^[2] After his sports career, Cronstedt worked as a physician in Sweden, South Africa and Saudi Arabia.^[3]

Early life

Cronstedt was born into the Swedish-speaking Finnish in Helsinki, Finland.^[4] His paternal grandfather (né Galindo) was the CEO of the Union Bank of Finland, and through him Cronstedt is partly of Spanish descent.^{[5] [6]} In 1940, during World War II, he was sent to Sweden as a Finnish war child. He later returned to Helsinki and went to study in the United States. Cronstedt later moved to Sweden and acquired Swedish citizenship.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jean Cronstedt . . sv . 14 August 2019.
2. Jean Cronstedt Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163344/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/jean-cronstedt-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 29 July 2019.
3. Web site: Som sjuåring med lapp om halsen sattes jag på ett tåg till Sverige . Hont . Gabor . 13 July 2016 . . sv . 14 August 2019.
4. Web site: Krigsbarnsminnen . Andersson . Soini . 2016 . Sydsveriges Finska Krigsbarn . sv . 14 August 2019.
5. Web site: Jean Cronstedt . Vihola . Teppo . Biografiasampo . fi . 14 August 2019.
6. Web site: Jean Leopold Cronstedt . Olin . Rafael . Geneanet . 14 August 2019.