Edvard Ferdinand Linna (26 August 1886 – 30 December 1974) was a Finnish gymnast who won bronze in the

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Sport

Gymnastics

He was also selected to Finland's 1912 Olympic gymnastics team, but dropped out due to an injury. He won the Finnish national championship in team gymnastics as a member of Ylioppilasvoimistelijat in 1909.

Figure skating

He won the Finnish figure skating championship in pair skating five times: * pair Olga Saario:

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, 1926 and

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* pair daughter Hilkka Linna:

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and

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Other

He was a founding member of the club Helsingin Luistelijat, and its chairman in 1929–1947. He was the chairman of the

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in 1932–1946. He was a board member of the

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in 1934–1937.

Family

He finnicized his familyname from Borg to Linna on 23 June 1906. Politically he was a

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. Successful athletic family members: * Daughter Hilkka Linna (1919–1956) won two Finnish pair skating championships with him. ** Her granddaughter Liisa Kiuru (1981–) won a junior Finnish and Nordic championship in synchronized skating. * Daughter Riitta Linna (1922–2016) won a Finnish figure skating championship. * Daughter Kirsti Linna (1926–) won five Finnish figure skating championships.

References

1886 births 1974 deaths Finnish male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Finland Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in gymnastics Finnish pair skaters {{NavigationFinnishChampionsFigureSkatingPairs Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics People from Mikkeli Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)