Kalle Kustaa Paasia | |
Full Name: | Kaarlo Kustaa Paasia |
Nickname: | Kalle |
National Team: | Finland |
Birth Date: | 28 August 1883 |
Birth Place: | Sääksmäki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire |
Death Place: | Naantali, Finland |
Occupation: | Agronomist, chief executíve officer, teacher |
Sport: | Gymnastics |
Club: | Ylioppilasvoimistelijat |
Kaarlo Kustaa "Kalle" Paasia[1] (28 August 1883 – 19 December 1961) was a Finnish gymnast who won bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2]
He won the Finnish national championship in team gymnastics as a member of Ylioppilasvoimistelijat in 1909.
His parents were farmer Kalle Kustaa Paasia and Amanda Kustaantytär. He was married twice:[4]
He completed his matriculation exam at the Hämeenlinna Lyceum in 1905 and graduated as an agronomist in 1911.
He worked as a chief executive officer of Toijala dairy, principal and teacher of Päivölä farm school, an assistant at the state butter inspection plant in Hanko and a manager at the butter inspection plant in Turku.