Frans Reinold Nässling (23 November 1868 – 7 May 1933) was a Finnish sports shooter who competed at the 1908 and 1920 Summer Olympics and won three Finnish national championship golds.
Shooting
Olympics
+ Frans Nässling at the Olympic GamesGamesEventRankNotes 1908 Summer Olympics 300 metre free rifle, three positions 30th Source: Team free rifle 8th Source: 1920 Summer Olympics 50 metre team free pistol 11th
International
Nässling competed at the 1914 ISSF World Shooting Championships, placing 5th in an army rifle event.
National
He won three Finnish national championship golds in shooting: free rifle, standing: 1908 free rifle, three positions: 1914, 1918
He represented the club Skjutkonstens Vänner i Åbo.
He was at the constituting meeting of the Finnish Shooting Sport Federation.
Other
He broke the Finnish national records of 40 and 80 kilometre cycling in 1895.
He was a gymnast in the club Åbo Turnförening his youth.
He was active in the Turku White Guard.
His family name has also appeared as Näsling. Olympic shooter Emil Nässling was his brother.
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