Iivari Kyykoski
gymnast (1881-1959)
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.
Biography
Kyykoski's 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–).
He finnicized his name from Nordlund to Kyykoski in 1906.
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.
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 Ministry of Defense ordnance department. He completed the engineer officer examination in 1926, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel engineer in 1933. He eventually retired from the Defence Command in 1949.
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