Karl Lindholm Explained

Karl Lindholm
Fullname:Karl Lindholm
Nationality:Finnish
Birth Date:5 May 1860
Birth Place:Turku
Death Place:Saint Petersburg
Classes:10 Metre
Club:St. Petersburg River Yacht Club[1]
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Karl Fredrik Lindholm (Russian: Карл Карлович Линдхольм) (5 May 1860 – 4 February 1917) was a sailor from the Grand Duchy of Finland, who participated as part of the Russian imperial sailing team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Nynäshamn, Sweden. He then lived in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, and this team of the local yacht club was his team. Lindholm and his six team members took a bronze medal for the Russian Empire in the 10 Metre regatta.[2] Lindholm was born in Turku, and he was a Swedish-speaking Finn.

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  1. http://elib.shpl.ru/ru/nodes/11723-peterburgskiy-rechnoy-yaht-klub-imperatorskiy-rechnoy-yaht-klub-1860-1910-t-1-spb-1910#page/249/mode/inspect/zoom/6 Маршалов Н. Д., Маршалов Д. Д. 1897 // Очерки деятельности Санкт-Петербургского речного яхт-клуба за 50 лет. Императорский речной яхт-клуб 1860–1910. — СПб: Тип. М. Д. Ломковского, 1914. — Т. 1. — С. 249. — 340 с.
  2. Web site: Karl Lindholm . Olympedia . 31 May 2021.