Toivo Aro
Toivo Nestori Aro (born Toivo Nestori Ahlstedt, 9 February 1887 – 8 October 1962) was a Finnish sportsleader and an aquatics athlete, who won 10 Finnish championships. Sports. Olympics. Aro was the Chef de Mission of Finland at the 1928 Winter Olympics. He was the leader of Finland's swimming team at the 1924 and 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he was also a judge. He was a board member of Finnish Olympic Committee in 1919–1946 and its treasurer in 1929–1957. National. Aro won ten Finnish national championship golds in aquatics: He was a member of eight clubs, all  Helsinki-based: He was the chairman of the Finnish Swimming Federation in 1928–1946 and its honorary chairman. He was active in many other notable Finnish sport organizations in the 1920s and 1930s. Other positions. Aro was a board member of the International Ski Federation in 1926–1930. Other. Aro was born and died in Helsinki. His parents were Henrik Gustav Aro Ahlstedt and Mariaana Karoliina Forsell. They finnicized their family name from Ahlstedt to Aro on 12 May 1906. He married dentist Katri Lille (1890–) in 1916. They had six children: He was the chief executive officer of the bank Helsingin  Suomalainen Säästöpankki in 1925–1957. He was the editor-in-chief of "Urheilulehti" in 1917–1918. He wrote some works, such as a fifty-year history of Helsingin Suomalainen Säästöpankki, banking-related manuals, sport and temperance movement histories. He was awarded the Knight of the White Rose of Finland. His wife received the Commemorative medal of the Winter War.