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.
Wrestling
Lindén began wrestling at the age of eleven, and competitively in 1904, when he won the
Häme Province
The Province of Häme ( fi, Hämeen lääni, sv, Tavastehus län) was a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997.
In 1997 the southern parts with Kanta-Häme, Päijät-Häme was merged with the province of Uusimaa and Kymi into the new Provin ...
lightweight championship.
He won Finnish wrestling championship in Greco-Roman under 60 kg class in 1908.
He won bronze at the 1908 Olympics, which was a single-elimination tournament:
His Olympic medal was auctioned for 3 500 euros in 2015.
He won the Russian championship twice. In 1909, it was split between him,
Emil Väre and
Nikolay Orlov. In 1910, he won it exclusively.
Soon after, neuropathic pain forced him to retire from wrestling.
He returned to wrestling by taking part in professional events in
Port Arthur, Ontario
Port Arthur was a city in Northern Ontario, Canada, located on Lake Superior. In January 1970, it amalgamated with Fort William and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay.
Port Arthur had been the district seat of ...
in 1923, training and coaching at the Nahjus Athletic Club.
Diving
He won the
Finnish Workers' Sports Federation
The Finnish Workers' Sports Federation ( fi, Suomen Työväen Urheiluliitto, ''TUL'', sv, Arbetarnas Idrottsförbund i Finland, ''AIF'') is a Finnish amateur sports organization founded in 1919. In addition to the competitive sports, TUL focuses o ...
championship in plain platform jumps in 1929.
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1887 births
1941 deaths
Olympic wrestlers for Finland
Wrestlers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Finnish male sport wrestlers
Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
Olympic medalists in wrestling
Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Tampere