Otto Granström | |
Full Name: | Otto Emil Granström |
National Team: | Finland |
Birth Date: | 4 October 1887 |
Birth Place: | Hämeenlinnan maalaiskunta, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire |
Death Place: | Nurmijärvi, Finland |
Occupation: | Forester, chief executive officer |
Spouse: | Agnes Katariina Lönn |
Sport: | Gymnastics |
Club: | Ylioppilasvoimistelijat |
Otto Emil Granström (4 October 1887 – 1 May 1941) was a Finnish gymnast who won bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]
He won the Finnish national championship in team gymnastics as a member of Ylioppilasvoimistelijat in 1909.[3]
His father was railwayman Karl Otto Granström (1843–1910) and mother Johanna Elisabeth Olin (1847–1913). He married Agnes Katariina Lönn (1889–) in 1914.[4]
He completed his matriculation exam at the Hämeenlinna Lyceum in 1906 and the forester examination in 1910. He worked in forestry up to his death, ultimately being the chief executive officer of the Hämeenlinna steam sawmill.
He served in the White Guard in the Finnish Civil War and received the Memorial Medal of the War of Independence.