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.

Frans Nässling
Personal information
Full nameFrans Reinold Nässling
National teamFinland
Born(1868-11-23)23 November 1868
Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died7 May 1933(1933-05-07) (aged 64)
Turku, Finland
OccupationPostal clerk
Sport
SportSports shooting, cycling
ClubSkjutkonstens Vänner i Åbo (shooting)

Shooting

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Olympics

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Frans Nässling at the Olympic Games
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

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Nässling competed at the 1914 ISSF World Shooting Championships, placing 5th in an army rifle event.[3]

National

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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

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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

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  • Siukonen, Markku (2001). Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000. Suuri olympiateos (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 232. ISBN 951-98673-1-7.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Myyryläinen, Reijo; Oesch, Christian, eds. (1998). Pyöräilymme vuosisata 1898–1998 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen pyöräilyunioni. pp. 17–18. ISBN 952-90-9552-X.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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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