Kalle Mikkolainen | |
Full Name: | Kaarle Edvard Mikkolainen |
Nickname: | Kalle |
National Team: | Finland |
Birth Date: | 9 January 1883 |
Birth Place: | Ylöjärvi, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire |
Death Place: | Tampere, Finland |
Occupation: | Warehouse worker, mail carrier, construction worker |
Sport: | Gymnastics |
Club: | Tampereen Pyrintö |
Kaarle Edvard "Kalle" Mikkolainen (9 January 1883 – 28 March 1928) was a Finnish gymnast who won bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]
He was a board member of Tampereen Pyrintö in 1909–1910.
He fought for the Red Guard in the Finnish Civil War and was a prisoner of war at the Tampere camp.[3]
Olympic silver medalist Reijo Mikkolainen is his great-grandson.