Einar Werner Sahlstein (30 May 1887 – 6 March 1936) was a Finnish gymnast who won bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He also won two Finnish national championships in track and field athletics.
Early life and education Sahlstein was born on 30 May 1887 to provincial treasurer Verner Sahlstein and Hulda von Fieandt. He performed his matriculation exam at Kuopio Finnish Coeducational School in 1908 and earned a law degree at the University of Helsinki in 1912.
Gymnastics career + Einar Sahlstein at the Olympic GamesGamesEventRankNotes1908 Summer OlympicsMen's team 3rd Source:
He won the Finnish national championship in team gymnastics as a member of Ylioppilasvoimistelijat in 1909.
Post-gymnastics career At the 1908 Finnish Athletics Championships, Sahlstein won a gold in the two-handed javelin throw event, and another one in the combined jumps event.
Sahlstein worked in banking since 1913. He was in the staff of the Rovaniemi White Guard. He led a platoon in the Rovaniemi skirmish in the opening days of the Finnish Civil War. He received The medal of merit of the Civil Guards.
Sahlstein sat in the municipal council of Rovaniemi kauppala. He was buried at III hautausmaa, Rovaniemi.
Sahlstein was a chairman of the club Warkauden Urheilijat. He was a founding member of the club Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura and a board member from 1927–1935.
Personal life Sahlstein married Aino Castren in 1916. They had four children.
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