Lauri Wilskman
Lauri Wilskman was a Finnish track and field athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Athletics
He was a founding member and chairman of the club Viipurin Akateemiset Urheilijat, and also represented the club Viipurin Reipas.Other
He was born to father hovioikeudenneuvos Oscar Waldemar Wilskman and mother Hanna Augusta Svahn in Vyborg in 1887. He married Ilme Seppälä in 1916. Their daughter Liisa Ester Vaartaja married Eino Hirva in 1940.He and Ivar Wilskman were first cousins once removed.
Wilskman graduated as a forester in 1911 and worked in forestry uuntilhis death.
Wilskman fought in the Finnish Civil War.
Wilskman died in Nurmijärvi in 1937.