Carl Waino Alexander Linder (''né'' Heinonen, September 13, 1889 – October 3, 1966) was a Finnish-American long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1920 Summer Olympics. One year earlier, he won the Boston Marathon. Linder was born in

Rauma, Finland Rauma (; sv, Raumo) is a town and municipality of around () inhabitants on the west coast of Finland, north of Turku, and south of Pori. Its neighbouring municipalities are Eura, Eurajoki, Laitila and Pyhäranta. Granted town privileges on 1 ...

to Karl Oskar Heinonen and Alexandra Karsten. The family immigrated to Boston in 1902, living in Quincy, Massachusetts and

Brighton, Boston Brighton is a former town and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, located in the northwestern corner of the city. It is named after the English city of Brighton. Initially Brighton was part of Cambridge, and known as "L ...

, where the family name was changed to Linder. His father, a carpenter, and mother, a patternmaker, both worked in a ship yard. He became a naturalized citizen in 1913. He also worked as a pattern maker and married Irene Laitinen, another Finnish immigrant, in 1910.''Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840–1915''

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* 1889 births 1966 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics American male long-distance runners American male marathon runners Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Sportspeople from Rauma, Finland Track and field athletes from Boston Boston Marathon male winners Emigrants from the Grand Duchy of Finland to the United States American Freemasons {{US-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub