Bruno Zilliacus

Bruno Wilhelm Zilliacus (11 November 1877 – 3 July 1926) was a Finnish athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Sports

+ Bruno Zilliacus at the Olympic GamesGamesEventRankResultNotes 1908 Summer Olympics Shot put 9th–25th unknown Source: He was also listed as a flag-bearer for Finland at the opening ceremony, although he carried a mere hand-written plaque.

Zilliacus participated in the 30-kilometer cross-country skiing race at the Northern Games in Stockholm 1901, where he did not place in the top 11.

Zilliacus won the first beauty pageant in Finland, held in Helsinki on 8 March 1903.

He represented the clubs Sortavalan Seminaarin Voimisteluseura (Sortavala) and Ylioppilasvoimistelijat (Helsinki). He married Meri Naëmi Starck (1886–1974) in 1913, daughter of Werner Starck and Naëmi Ingman-Starck. They had three children: Margareta in 1914, Ulla in 1919 and Katarina in 1921. Ulla married Kaarlo af Heurlin in 1941.

He graduated as a physical education teacher from the University of Helsinki in 1902.

Zilliacus died of stomach cancer at Mehiläinen Hospital in Helsinki in 1926. He was buried in Sortavala.