Einar Sahlstein

Einar Werner Sahlstein was a Finnish gymnast who won bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He also won two Finnish national championships in track and field athletics.

Biography

Sahlstein's parents were provincial treasurer Verner Sahlstein and Hulda von Fieandt. He married Aino Castren in 1916. They had four children.
He performed his matriculation exam at Kuopio Finnish Coeducational School in 1908 and a legal degree at the University of Helsinki in 1912. He worked in banking since 1913.
He was in the staff of the Rovaniemi White Guard. He led a platoon in the Rovaniemi skirmish in the opening days of the Finnish Civil War. He received The medal of merit of the Civil Guards.
He sat in the municipal council of Rovaniemi kauppala. He was buried at III hautausmaa, Rovaniemi.

He won the Finnish national championship in team gymnastics as a member of Ylioppilasvoimistelijat in 1909.

At the 1908 Finnish Athletics Championships, he won a gold in the two-handed javelin throw event, and another one in the combined jumps event.

He was a chairman of the club Warkauden Urheilijat.
He was a founding member of the club Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura and a board member from 1927–1935.