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Kurt Stenberg
Kurt Enoch Stenberg (19 July 1888 – 26 March 1936) was a Finnish gymnast, who won bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Gymnastics He was the first Olympic medalist from Vaasa. He won the Finnish national championship in team gymnastics as a member of Ylioppilasvoimistelijat in 1909. Biography His parents were lieutenant Anton Ferdinand Stenberg and Gertrud Emilia Kurtén. He married Lyyli Elise Ylönen in 1919. He performed his matriculation exam at the Vaasa Finnish Lycaeum in 1906. He graduated as a Master of Science (Technology) at the University of Hanover in 1915. He worked at the Hannoversche Portland-Cementfabrik in Germany during World War I. He returned to Finland in 1918 and worked in the Karhula glass factory up to his death, ultimately as its technical director. He performed an officer examination in 1928, becoming an engineer lieutenant. He also was a local chief of the Kymi White Guard. He died of a cardiac arrest. Sources * References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The Summer Olympics
Gymnastics events have been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. For 32 years, only men were allowed to compete. Beginning at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, women were allowed to compete in artistic gymnastics events as well. Rhythmic gymnastics events were introduced at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and trampoline events were added at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Summary Artistic gymnastics Men's events Women's events Medal table ''(1896–2020)'' Nations Nations competing in artistic gymnastics, and the number of gymnasts (male and female) each nation brought to each Olympics, are shown below. Rhythmic gymnastics Events Medal table ''(1984–2020)'' Nations Nations competing in rhythmic gymnastics and the number of gymnasts each nation brought to each Olympics, are shown below. Trampoline Events Medal table ''(2000–2020)'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |