Arvo Leander Lindén, later Linko (27 February 1887 – 18 March 1941) was a Finnish wrestler who won an Olympic bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1908.
 Arvo Lindén circa 1907 | |||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Arvo Leander Lindén | ||||||||||||||
| Full name | Arvo Leander Linko | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Foxterrieri | ||||||||||||||
| National team | Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 February 1887 Tampere, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 March 1941 (aged 54) Helsinki, Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Shoemaker, postman, night watchman | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling, diving | ||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Lightweight | ||||||||||||||
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| Turned pro | 1923 | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Iivari Tuomisto (wrestling) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wrestling
editLindén began wrestling at the age of eleven, and competitively in 1904, when he won the Häme Province lightweight championship.[1]
He won Finnish wrestling championship in Greco-Roman under 60 kg class in 1908.[2][3]
He won bronze at the 1908 Olympics, which was a single-elimination tournament:
| Round | Opponent | Result |
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| First round |  Lucien Hansen (BEL)
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Win by fall at 2:33 |
| Second round |  Carl Carlsen (DEN)
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Win by fall at 4:15 |
| Quarter-finals | Anders Møller (DEN)
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Win by fall at 13:32 |
| Semi-finals |  Nikolay Orlov (RU1)
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Loss by points |
| Third place (best out of three) |  Gunnar Persson (SWE)
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Win by fall at 0:50 |
Win by fall at 2:25 
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His Olympic medal was auctioned for 3 500 euros in 2015.[5]
He won the Russian championship twice. In 1909, it was split between him, Emil Väre and Nikolay Orlov. In 1910, he won it exclusively.[6]
Soon after, neuropathic pain forced him to retire from wrestling.[7]
He returned to wrestling by taking part in professional events in Port Arthur, Ontario in 1923, training and coaching at the Nahjus Athletic Club.[8]
Diving
editHe won the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation championship in plain platform jumps in 1929.[9][10]
Sources
edit- Siukonen, Markku (2001). Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000. Suuri olympiateos (in Finnish). Vol. 12. Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 182. ISBN 978-951-98673-1-1.
- Arvo Lindén at Olympedia
References
edit- ^ M-o-n-i (1939). Suomalaisia mestaripainijoita (in Finnish). Porvoo: Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö. pp. 67–69.
- ^ Virtamo, Keijo; et al., eds. (1976). Fokus urheilu 2 (in Finnish) (4th ed.). Helsinki: Otava Publishing Company. p. 276. ISBN 951-1-00331-3.
- ^ "1905-1909" (PDF). Suomen Painiliitto. Miesten kreikkalais-roomalaisen painin SM-kisojen tulokset 1898 - 2019 (in Finnish). Helsinki. p. 1. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ Cook, Theodore Andrea (1909). The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 Official Report (PDF). London: British Olympic Association. pp. 331–333. Retrieved 26 March 2019 – via LA84 Foundation.
- ^ Mäkinen, Petteri (10 March 2015). "Ostaja: "En tiedä, onko edullinen vai ei" – Näin paljon huudettiin vuoden 1908 olympiamitalista". Tamperelainen (in Finnish). Tampere. ISSN 0355-421X. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ M-o-n-i (1939). Suomalaisia mestaripainijoita (in Finnish). Porvoo: Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö. p. 71.
- ^ M-o-n-i (1939). Suomalaisia mestaripainijoita (in Finnish). Porvoo: Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö. p. 72.
- ^ Hatton, C. Nathan (2018). "Wrestling, Immigration, and Working-Class Culture: The Finns of the Thunder Bay District before 1939". In Beaulieu, Michael S.; Ratz, David K.; Harpelle, Ronald N. (eds.). Hard Work Conquers All. Building the Finnish Community in Canada. Vancouver, Toronto: UBCPress. pp. 113–115. ISBN 978-0-7748-3468-1.
- ^ Juune (12 August 1929). "TUL:n uintimestaruus..." Työn Ääni (in Finnish). Vaasa: Oy Työn Ääni. p. 3. Retrieved 27 March 2019 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
- ^ Virtamo, Keijo; et al., eds. (1976). Fokus urheilu 2 (in Finnish) (4th ed.). Helsinki: Otava Publishing Company. p. 395. ISBN 951-1-00331-3.
External links
edit- Arvo Lindén at the International Wrestling Database
- Arvo Lindén at Olympedia
