Frans Nässling


Frans Reinold Nässling was a Finnish sports shooter who competed at the 1908 and 1920 Summer Olympics and won three Finnish national championship golds.

Shooting

Olympics

GamesEventRankNotes
1908 Summer Olympics[Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics|1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions|300 metre free rifle, three positions]30thSource:
1908 Summer OlympicsTeam free rifle8thSource:
1920 Summer Olympics50 metre team free pistol11th

International

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

National

He won three Finnish national championship golds in shooting:
  • free rifle, standing: 1908
  • free rifle, three positions: 1914, 1918
He represented the club Skjutkonstens Vänner i Åbo.
He was at the constituting meeting of the Finnish Shooting Sport Federation.

Other

He broke the Finnish national records of 40 and 80 kilometre cycling in 1895.
He was a gymnast in the club Åbo Turnförening his youth.
He was active in the Turku White Guard.
His family name has also appeared as Näsling. Olympic shooter Emil Nässling was his brother.