Kalle Kustaa Paasia


Kaarlo Kustaa "Kalle" Paasia was a Finnish gymnast who won bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Gymnastics

GamesEventRankNotes
1908 Summer OlympicsMen's team3rdSource:

He won the Finnish national championship in team gymnastics as a member of Ylioppilasvoimistelijat in 1909.

Biography

His parents were farmer Kalle Kustaa Paasia and Amanda Kustaantytär. He was married twice:
  1. Edit Erika Kalalahti
  2. Helmi Elisabet Kivekäs
He completed his matriculation exam at the Hämeenlinna Lyceum in 1905 and graduated as an agronomist in 1911.
He worked as a chief executive officer of Toijala dairy, principal and teacher of Päivölä farm school, an assistant at the state butter inspection plant in Hanko and a manager at the butter inspection plant in Turku.