![]() Arvo Lindén circa 1907 | |||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Arvo Leander Lindén | ||||||||||||||
Full name | Arvo Leander Linko | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | Foxterrieri | ||||||||||||||
National team | Finland | ||||||||||||||
Born | Tampere, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire | 27 February 1887||||||||||||||
Died | 18 March 1941 Helsinki, Finland | (aged 54)||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||
Club |
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Turned pro | 1923 | ||||||||||||||
Coached by | Iivari Tuomisto (wrestling) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
Lindén 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 | ![]() |
Win by fall at 2:33 |
Second round | ![]() |
Win by fall at 4:15 |
Quarter-finals | ![]() |
Win by fall at 13:32 |
Semi-finals | ![]() |
Loss by points |
Third place (best out of three) | ![]() |
Win by fall at 0:50 |
Win by fall at 2:25 ![]() |
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]
He won the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation championship in plain platform jumps in 1929. [9] [10]
![]() Arvo Lindén circa 1907 | |||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Arvo Leander Lindén | ||||||||||||||
Full name | Arvo Leander Linko | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | Foxterrieri | ||||||||||||||
National team | Finland | ||||||||||||||
Born | Tampere, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire | 27 February 1887||||||||||||||
Died | 18 March 1941 Helsinki, Finland | (aged 54)||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||
Club |
| ||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 1923 | ||||||||||||||
Coached by | Iivari Tuomisto (wrestling) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
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.
Lindén 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 |
---|---|---|
First round | ![]() |
Win by fall at 2:33 |
Second round | ![]() |
Win by fall at 4:15 |
Quarter-finals | ![]() |
Win by fall at 13:32 |
Semi-finals | ![]() |
Loss by points |
Third place (best out of three) | ![]() |
Win by fall at 0:50 |
Win by fall at 2:25 ![]() |
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]
He won the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation championship in plain platform jumps in 1929. [9] [10]