Heikki Lehmusto

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.

Biography 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.

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.

He was a passionate fennophile.

Johan Fredrik Blomqvist was his gymnastics teacher at school. He began wrestling competitively in 1904.

He won the Finnish academic heavyweight wrestling championship in 1914 and 1915, which would be his best achievement in the sport as an athlete.

He was a member of the board of the Finnish Olympic Committee in 1919–1920, 1927–1928 and 1934–1938, and the leader of the Finnish wrestling team at the 1920, 1928 and 1936 Summer Olympics.

He is an honorary chairman of the Finnish Wrestling Federation and an honorary member of the Finnish Gymnastics and Sports Federation and the club Helsingin Atleettiklubi.

He was also an accomplished sportswriter.