Edvard Linna

Edvard Ferdinand Linna (26 August 1886 – 30 December 1974) was a Finnish gymnast who won bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

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: 1924, 1926 and 1927
• pair daughter Hilkka Linna: 1938 and 1939

Other

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

He was the chairman of the Finnish Skating Association, the predecessor of the Finnish Figure Skating Association, in 1931–1946.

He was a board member of the Finnish Olympic Committee in 1934–1937.

Family

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

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.

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