Kaarlo Kyösti Soinio (28 January 1888 – 24 October 1960) was a Finnish sportsperson, who won an Olympic bronze, and a sport leader and a sportsreporter.

Sport

He was a pioneer in developing football, sportsreporting and municipal sport administration in Finland in the early 20th century. He also won an Olympic bronze in gymnastics.

Olympics

Footballer

He won the Finnish championship in 1911 and 1912 playing for

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Other

He was an international referee in one football and one bandy match. He sat in the board of the Football Association of Finland in various positions in 1910–1934. In their centennial history, Soinio is named the board's most distinguished member. He is the association's honorary member. He also flourished in javelin throwing and rowing. He was the editor-in-chief of '' Suomen Urheilulehti'' in 1913–1917, and a sportsreporter in '' Helsingin Sanomat'' in 1918–1957.

Career

He graduated as a gymnastics teacher from the University of Helsinki in 1912, and worked in that profession in various schools. He was the assistant police chief of Helsinki in 1924–1932. At the time he remained friends with footballer and smuggler Algoth Niska. He was forced to resign due to right-wing political pressure. He was the secretary of the Helsinki municipal sports board in 1919–1944. He was the head of the Helsinki

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department in 1932–1945. He was the head of the Helsinki sporting office in 1945–1955. He was in the venue committee of the Helsinki Summer Olympics. He was the manager of the Helsinki ice stadium in 1955–1960.

Family

His parents were butcher Gustaf Aleksander Salin and Fredrika Ahlfors. He finnicized his name from Karl Gustaf Salin to Kaarlo Kyösti Soinio in 1906. Footballer Eino Soinio was his brother. He dated a woman for 27 years until they broke up amicably.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Soinio, Kaarlo 1888 births 1960 deaths Finnish male artistic gymnasts Finnish footballers Gymnasts at the 1908 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Finland Olympic footballers of Finland Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Association football midfielders Finland international footballers 20th-century Finnish people