Jean Cronstedt

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Jean Cronstedt
Full nameJean Leopold Cronstedt
Nickname(s)Janne
Born (1932-10-06) 6 October 1932 (age 92)
Helsinki, Finland
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		Sweden
ClubStockholms Gymnastikförening

Jean Leopold Cronstedt (born 6 October 1932) is a Swedish former gymnast. [1] He competed in eight events at the 1960 Summer Olympics. [2] After his sports career, Cronstedt worked as a physician in Sweden, South Africa and Saudi Arabia. [3]

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Early life

Cronstedt was born into the Swedish-speaking Finnish Cronstedt family  [ fi ] in Helsinki, Finland. [4] His paternal grandfather Jean Cronstedt  [ fi ] (né Galindo) was the CEO of the Union Bank of Finland, and through him Cronstedt is partly of Spanish descent. [5] [6] In 1940, during World War II, he was sent to Sweden as a Finnish war child. He later returned to Helsinki and went to study in the United States. Cronstedt later moved to Sweden and acquired Swedish citizenship. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Jean Cronstedt" (in Swedish). The Swedish Olympic Committee . Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jean Cronstedt Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  3. ↑ Hont, Gabor (13 July 2016). "Som sjuåring med lapp om halsen sattes jag på ett tåg till Sverige". Läkartidningen (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  4. ↑ Andersson, Soini (2016). "Krigsbarnsminnen" (PDF) (in Swedish). Sydsveriges Finska Krigsbarn. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  5. ↑ Vihola, Teppo. "Jean Cronstedt". Biografiasampo (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  6. ↑ Olin, Rafael. "Jean Leopold Cronstedt". Geneanet. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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