Nestori TOIVONEN

Nestori Toivonen took part in two Olympics, winning one silver and three medals. He was the first Finn to win a shooting medal in an individual event and became an honorary member of his club Helsingin Kisa-Veikkoja. Toivonen founded the radium-hydro sanatorium Viiksanlahden at the shore of Lake Suvanto in the former Finnish town of Sakkola. The town has been part of Russia since 1944 under the name of Gromovo. Toivonen bequeathed the sanatorium to the Finnish Gymnastic and Sports Association – SVUL.