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Bruno Zilliacus
Finnish athletics competitor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bruno Wilhelm Zilliacus (11 November 1877 – 3 July 1926) was a Finnish athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]
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He was also listed as a flag-bearer for Finland at the opening ceremony, although he carried a mere hand-written plaque.[3]
Zilliacus participated in the 30-kilometer cross-country skiing race at the Northern Games in Stockholm 1901, where he did not place in the top 11.[4]
Zilliacus won the first beauty pageant in Finland, held in Helsinki on 8 March 1903.[5][6][7]
He represented the clubs Sortavalan Seminaarin Voimisteluseura (Sortavala) and Ylioppilasvoimistelijat (Helsinki).[3]
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Born in Saint Petersburg in 1877, his parents were Major Alexander Wilhelm Zilliacus and Sofia Vilhelmiina Manninen.[8] He married Meri Naëmi Starck (1886–1974) in 1913, daughter of Werner Starck and Naëmi Ingman-Starck.[9] They had three children: Margareta in 1914, Ulla in 1919 and Katarina in 1921.[10] Ulla married Kaarlo af Heurlin in 1941.[11]
He graduated as a physical education teacher from the University of Helsinki in 1902.[8] He worked as a teacher in 1903–1926.[10]
Zilliacus was the local chief of the Sortavala White Guard. He fought on the Karelian front in the Finnish Civil War. He received the Cross of Liberty, 4th class.[10] He reached the rank vänrikki, the lowest officer rank.[12]
Zilliacus died of stomach cancer at Mehiläinen Hospital in Helsinki in 1926. He was buried in Sortavala.[13]
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