Iivari Kyykoski

Iivari Kyykoski
	In 1905
Personal information
Birth name	Bert Ivar Nordlund
Full name	Pentti Iivari Kyykoski
National team	Finland
Born	February 16, 1881; Luvia, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died	December 8, 1959 (aged 78); Helsinki, Finland
Education	Master of Science (Technology)
Occupation	Mechanical engineer, control engineer, lieutenant colonel engineer, estate manager, technical director, office manager
Spouse(s)	Ida Maria Ylönen
Sport
Sport	Gymnastics, rowing
Club	Akateeminen Urheiluseura; Ylioppilasvoimistelijat;
Men's Gymnastics

Pentti Iivari Kyykoski (born Bert Ivar Nordlund, 16 February 1881 – 8 December 1959) was a Finnish gymnast who won bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Sport

He won the Nordic students' coxed four rowing championship in the club Akateeminen Urheiluseura in 1905.[1]

Iivari Kyykoski at the Olympic Games
Games	Event	Rank	Notes
1908 Summer Olympics	Men's team	3rd	Source: [2]

He won the Finnish national championship in team gymnastics as a member of Ylioppilasvoimistelijat in 1909.[3]

Biography

His father was tax collector Lars Victor Nordlund and mother Amanda Gustava Starck. He married Ida Maria Ylönen in 1908. He had two children, Pentti Kalervo (1911–) and Aune-Marjatta (1913–).[4]

He finnicized his name from Nordlund to Kyykoski in 1906.[3]

He completed his matriculation exam in Porin Lyseo in 1900 and graduated as a Master of Science from the Helsinki University of Technology in 1909.[4]

He worked as a technical director and a chief executive officer in various factories in the private sector in 1910–1922. He entered the military sector in 1923 as a technical inspector at the ordnance department of the Ministry of Defence. He completed the engineer officer examination in 1926, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel engineer in 1933.[4] He eventually retired from the Defence Command in 1949.[3]

He also held various municipal positions of trust.[4]

He was issued orders and medals:[4]

Cross of Liberty, 3rd Class
Commemorative Medal of the Winter War
The commemorative medal of the old Finnish army

References

"Den femte nordiska studentkapprodden". Frisk Bris (in Swedish). July 1905. p. 116. ISSN 0359-6648. Retrieved 2 June 2019 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2001). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland. pp. 185. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.
Siukonen, Markku (2001). Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000. Suuri olympiateos (in Finnish). 12. Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 150. ISBN 951-98673-1-7.
Suomen insinöörejä ja arkkitehtejä. Ingenjörer och arkitekter i Finland. 1948 (in Finnish and Swedish). Vaasa: Suomen Teknillinen Seura and Tekniska Föreningen i Finland. 1948. p. 246.

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[1] "Den femte nordiska studentkapprodden". Frisk Bris (in Swedish). July 1905. p. 116. ISSN 0359-6648. Retrieved 2 June 2019 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.

[2] Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2001). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland. pp. 185. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.

[puolustajat-3] Siukonen, Markku (2001). Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000. Suuri olympiateos (in Finnish). 12. Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 150. ISBN 951-98673-1-7.

[insinöörejä-4] Suomen insinöörejä ja arkkitehtejä. Ingenjörer och arkitekter i Finland. 1948 (in Finnish and Swedish). Vaasa: Suomen Teknillinen Seura and Tekniska Föreningen i Finland. 1948. p. 246.