Carl Linder

Carl Linder
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born(1889-09-13)September 13, 1889
Rauma, Finland
DiedOctober 3, 1966
Quincy, Massachusetts, United States
Sport
SportLong-distance running
EventMarathon

Carl Waino Alexander Linder[1] (né Heinonen, September 13, 1889 – October 3, 1966) was a Finnish-American long-distance runner.[2] He competed in the marathon at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[3] One year earlier, he won the Boston Marathon.[3][4]

Linder was born in Rauma, Finland to Karl Oskar Heinonen and Alexandra Karsten. The family immigrated to Boston in 1902, living in Quincy, Massachusetts and Brighton, Boston, where the family name was changed to Linder. His father, a carpenter, and mother, a patternmaker, both worked in a ship yard.[5] He became a naturalized citizen in 1913.[6] He also worked as a pattern maker and married Irene Laitinen, another Finnish immigrant, in 1910.[7]

References

  1. ^ Massachusetts, Mason Membership Cards, 1733–1990
  2. ^ "Carl Linder". Olympedia. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Carl Linder Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
  4. ^ "Reception to Carl Linder in Quincy". The Boston Globe. Boston, MA. April 27, 1919. p. 15. Retrieved July 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ 1910 United States Federal Census
  6. ^ Massachusetts, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798–1950
  7. ^ Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840–1915
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