Jean Cronstedt
Swedish gymnast
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Jean Leopold Cronstedt (born 6 October 1932) is a Swedish former gymnast.[1] He competed in eight events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[2] After his sports career, Cronstedt worked as a physician in Sweden, South Africa and Saudi Arabia.[3]
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| Full name | Jean Leopold Cronstedt | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Janne | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 October 1932 Helsinki, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Stockholms Gymnastikförening | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Cronstedt was born into the Swedish-speaking Finnish Cronstedt family in Helsinki, Finland.[4] His paternal grandfather Jean Cronstedt (né Galindo) was the CEO of the Union Bank of Finland, and through him Cronstedt is partly of Spanish descent.[5][6] In 1940, during World War II, he was sent to Sweden as a Finnish war child. He later returned to Helsinki and went to study in the United States. Cronstedt later moved to Sweden and acquired Swedish citizenship.[1]
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