Albin Stenroos

Albin Stenroos

Personal information
Born	(1889-02-24)24 February 1889 Vehmaa, Finland
Died	30 April 1971(1971-04-30) (aged 82) Helsinki, Finland
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	1500 m – marathon
Club	Helsingin Reipas HKV, Helsinki
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	1500 m – 4:10.5 (1912) 3000 m – 8:54.1 (1912) 5000 m – 15:24.0 (1915) 10000 m – 32:21.8 (1912) Marathon – 2:41:23 (1924)
Medal record Olympic Games Representing Finland 1912 Stockholm Team cross country 1912 Stockholm 10000 m Representing Finland 1924 Paris Marathon

Oskar Albinus "Albin" Stenroos (24 February 1889 – 30 April 1971) was a Finnish runner, who won the marathon at the 1924 Olympics.

Stenroos ran his first marathon in 1909, placing third at the national championships, but then moved to shorter distances, down to 1500 m. His would run his next marathon 1924. In 1910 he won the 10,000 m race at the Finnish nationals. In absence of Hannes Kolehmainen, Stenroos won the national titles over 5000 m and 10,000 m from 1912 to 1916 and the cross country title in 1915–1917.

At the 1912 Summer Olympics, Stenroos won the bronze medal over 10,000 m behind Kolehmainen. He also finished sixth in the cross country and aided his team to a second place. In 1915, he ran his first world record over 30 km (1:48:06.2), which he improved in 1924 (1:46:11.6). He also held the 20 km world record in 1923 (1:07:11.2). He skipped the 1920 Summer Olympics, but decided to run the marathon in 1924. He won the race in hot conditions, beating second-placed Romeo Bertini by almost six minutes. He placed second at the 1926 Boston Marathon, and retired after failing to finish in 1927.