Matti Markkanen


Matti Markkanen was a Finnish gymnast who won bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Markkanen's parents were ambulatory school teacher, Matti Markkanen, and Katrina Kristina Voutilainen. He married Aili Nygrén in 1915.
He was ordained as a priest in 1910. He served as a chaplain in Uukuniemi, Pielavesi, and Lappee from 1913 to 1928 and as a vicar in Vieremä from 1928.

Gymnastics

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