Yrjö Linko | |
Birth Name: | Lindholm |
Full Name: | Yrjö Antti Linko |
National Team: | Finland |
Birth Date: | 1 February 1885 |
Birth Place: | Hanko, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire |
Death Place: | Turku, Finland |
Education: | Licentiate of Medicine (1913) |
Occupation: | Physical education teacher, physician |
Spouse: | Hilja Linnéa Knutsson |
Sport: | Gymnastics |
Club: | Ylioppilasvoimistelijat |
Yrjö Antti Linko (1 February 1885 – 22 March 1934) was a Finnish gymnast who won bronze at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]
He won the Finnish national championship in team gymnastics as a member of Ylioppilasvoimistelijat in 1909.[3]
His parents were senior conductor A. G. Lindholm and Edla Johanna Fredberg.[4] He finnicized his familyname from Lindholm to Linko in 1906.[5] He married Hilja Linnéa Knutsson (1892–) in 1914.
He did his matriculation exam in 1905. He graduated as a physiotherapist and a physical education teacher in 1911. He obtained the degree of Licentiate of Medicine in 1913.
He worked as a physician in various places of employment from 1911 and as a physical education teacher in 1912–1913.
He served as a physician in the White Guard during and after the Finnish Civil War, reaching the rank of captain (med.) in 1921.
He was awarded the Cross of Liberty, 4th Class and the Commemorative medal of Liberation war.
He died of pneumonia.[6]