Carl Aejemelaeus
Personal information | |
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Full name | Carl Bror Emil Aejmelaeus-Äimä |
Nickname(s) | Kalle |
Nationality | Finnish |
Born | Porvoo, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire | 20 May 1882
Died | 13 July 1935 Kiel, Nazi Germany | (aged 53)
Sport | |
Sport | Modern pentathlon |
Carl Aejemelaeus (20 May 1882 – 13 July 1935) was a Finnish colonel, modern pentathlete and fencer.[1]
Aejemelaeus was educated in St. Petersburg at the , and Imperial Archaeological Institute. He competed for the Russian Empire in the 1912 olympic games. After the establishment of Finland's independence he served as the First Adjutant of president K. J. Ståhlberg from 1919 to 1925 and was a military attaché in London and Moscow. Aejemelaeus is a recipient of the Cross of Liberty of Estonia.[2]
Aejemelaeus competed for Russia at the 1912 Summer Olympics in the modern pentathlon.[3] He was a member of Finnish Olympic Committee and a co-founder of the fencing club HFM Helsinki, which is the oldest fencing club in Finland.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Carl Aejemelaeus". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ Eesti Vabadusristi kavalerid (in Estonian) Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ^ "Carl Aejemelaeus Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ Finnish Fencing Association 75 years[permanent dead link] (in Finnish) Retrieved 11 June 2013.
External links[]
- Carl Aejemelaeus at Olympedia
- Carl Aejemelaeus at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1882 births
- 1935 deaths
- Finnish military personnel
- Finnish male modern pentathletes
- Finnish male fencers
- Modern pentathletes at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- People from Porvoo
- Olympic competitors for the Russian Empire
- Finnish expatriates in the United Kingdom
- European modern pentathlon biography stubs
- Russian sportspeople stubs
- Finnish sportspeople stubs
- European fencing biography stubs
- Finnish martial arts biography stubs