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Kalle Kustaa Paasia

Kaarlo "Kalle" Kustaa Paasia (28 August 1883 – 19 December 1961) was a Finnish gymnast who won bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Paasia's parents were farmer Kalle Kustaa Paasia and Amanda Kustaantytär. He was married twice:

  1. Edit Erika Kalalahti (1917)
  2. Helmi Elisabet Kivekäs (1922)

He completed his matriculation exam at the Hämeenlinna Lyceum in 1905 and graduated as an agronomist in 1911.

He worked as a chief executive officer of Toijala dairy, principal and teacher of Päivölä farm school, an assistant at the state butter inspection plant in Hanko and a manager at the butter inspection plant in Turku.

Gymnastics

He won the Finnish national championship in team gymnastics as a member of Ylioppilasvoimistelijat in 1909.

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