Finn Schiander

Finn Schiander
Nationality:	Norway
Birthday:	May 7, 1889
Place of birth:	Oslo
Date of death:	June 7, 1967
Place of death:	Ringsaker
Society:	Kongelig Norsk Seilforening
Boat classes:	8 meter class
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Olympic games silver Antwerp 1920 8 m class (type 1919)

Finn Schiander (born May 7, 1889 in Oslo , † June 7, 1967 in Ringsaker ) was a Norwegian sailor .

successes

Finn Schiander, member of the Kongelig Norsk Seilforening , won the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Antwerp in 1920 in the 8-meter class according to the International Rule of 1919. In three races with the Lyn he always finished behind the second Norwegian boat Sildra and in front of the Belgian boat Antwerpia V in second place, which is why the Lyn finished the regatta in second place. In addition to skipper Jens Salvesen , the crew also included Nils Thomas , Lauritz Schmidt and Ralph Tschudi .

Schiander completed his studies in 1907 and worked in forestry in Oslo for two years. After working for a short time in a sporting goods store in Switzerland , he returned to Norway in 1911. There he worked in Hagen's Sports Shop in Oslo , where he eventually rose to head of department.

Web links

• Finn Schiander in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )