Frans Nässling
Frans Reinold Nässling (23 November 1868 – 7 May 1933) was a Finnish sports shooter, who competed at the 1908 and 1920 Summer Olympics, and won three Finnish national championship golds.
Shooting
Olympics
Games | Event | Rank | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1908 Summer Olympics | 300 metre free rifle, three positions | 30th | Source:[1] |
Team free rifle | 8th | Source:[2] | |
1920 Summer Olympics | 50 metre team free pistol | 11th |
International
Nässling competed at the 1914 ISSF World Shooting Championships, placing 5th in an army rifle event.[3]
National
He won three Finnish national championship golds in shooting:[4]
- free rifle, standing: 1908
- free rifle, three positions: 1914, 1918
He represented the club Skjutkonstens Vänner i Åbo.[5]
He was at the constituting meeting of the Finnish Shooting Sport Federation.[5]
Other
He broke the Finnish national records of 40 and 80 kilometre cycling in 1895.[6]
He was a gymnast in the club Åbo Turnförening his youth.[7]
He was active in the Turku White Guard.[7]
His family name has also appeared as Näsling. Olympic shooter Emil Nässling was his brother.[8]
Sources
- Siukonen, Markku (2001). Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000. Suuri olympiateos (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 232. ISBN 951-98673-1-7.
References
- ^ Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2001). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.
- ^ Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2001). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland. p. 227. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.
- ^ Virtapohja, Kalle (2019). Sata tarkkaa vuotta. Ampumaurheilun historia Suomessa. Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto 1919–2019 [History of sport shooting in Finland] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto. p. 37. ISBN 9789519699127.
- ^ Virtamo, Keijo; et al., eds. (1976). Fokus urheilu 2 (in Finnish) (4th ed.). Helsinki: Otava Publishing Company. pp. 138–139. ISBN 951-1-00331-3.
- ^ a b Virtapohja, Kalle (2019). Sata tarkkaa vuotta. Ampumaurheilun historia Suomessa. Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto 1919–2019 [History of sport shooting in Finland] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto. p. 45. ISBN 9789519699127.
- ^ Myyryläinen, Reijo; Oesch, Christian, eds. (1998). Pyöräilymme vuosisata 1898–1998 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen pyöräilyunioni. pp. 17–18. ISBN 952-90-9552-X.
- ^ a b T., E. (1 June 1933). "Frans R. Nässling". Ampujain lehti (in Finnish). p. 148. ISSN 0001-1940. Retrieved 10 April 2021 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
- ^ Siukonen, Markku (2001). Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000. Suuri olympiateos (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 232. ISBN 951-98673-1-7.
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- 1868 births
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- Finnish male sport shooters
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- Shooters at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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