Heikki Lehmusto
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Porvoon maalaiskunta, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Turku, Finland
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 Lehmusto c. 1936 | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Heikki Heikinpoika Lehmusto | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 August 1884 Porvoon maalaiskunta, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 September 1958 (aged 74) Turku, Finland | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Finland | ||||||||||||||
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Heikki Heikinpoika Lehmusto (30 August 1884 – 22 September 1958) was a Finnish artistic gymnast who won a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He later became a sports leader and a sportswriter.
Lehmusto's father was Heikki Lindholm (former Uusi-Lampila), and his mother was Kaisa Niesi. He finnicized his family name from Lindholm to Lehmusto in 1906. His first wife until 1928 was Elin Ingeborg Sjöblom, and his second wife from 1929 was Anna Solntsew-Sundström, the daughter of Sergei Solntsev. His only child, Heikki, was born in 1913.[1]
He took his matriculation exam in the Porvoon suomalainen yhteiskoulu in 1906. He submitted his doctoral thesis to the University of Helsinki in 1923. His academic career peaked with an adjunct professorship at the University of Turku.[1] Johan Vilhelm Snellman was his scientific main interest.[2]
He was a passionate fennophile.[1]
