Elis Sipilä

Elis Sipilä
	Elis Sipilä wearing a Patriotic People's Movement party uniform
Personal information
Full name	Elis Esaias Sipilä
National team	Finland
Born	27 October 1887; Teuva, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died	13 December 1958 (aged 71); Helsinki, Finland
Occupation(s)	Chief executive officer, tax collector
Sport
Sport	Gymnastics
Club	Ylioppilasvoimistelijat
Medal record
Men's Gymnastics

Elis Esaias Sipilä (27 October 1887 – 13 December 1958) was a Finnish gymnast who won bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Gymnastics

Elis Sipilä 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.

Homicide

He shot a man apparently to cover up a fraud in Vaasa on 2 March 1934.^[3] He was convicted to 12 years in prison for manslaughter and embezzlement.^[4]

Sources

Siukonen, Markku (2001). Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000. Suuri olympiateos (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 309. ISBN 951-98673-1-7.

References

^ "Elis Sipilä". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
^ 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.
^ "Veriteko eilen illalla Vaasassa". Ilkka (in Finnish). Vaasa. 3 March 1934. p. 1. ISSN 0356-1283. Retrieved 19 February 2021 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
^ "Ent. kruununvouti Sipilän tuomion on korkein oikeus vahvistanut". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Tampere. 8 February 1935. p. 7. ISSN 0355-6913. Retrieved 19 February 2021 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.