Aleksanteri Saarvala

Aleksanteri Saarvala (9 April 1913 – 7 October 1989) was a Finnish gymnast and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin where he received a gold medal in horizontal bar, and a bronze medal in team combined exercises.[1]

Aleksanteri Saarvala
Shown on a stamp from 1945
Personal information
Country represented Finland
Born(1913-04-09)9 April 1913
Died7 October 1989(1989-10-07) (aged 76)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1936 Berlin Horizontal bar
Gold medal – first place 1948 London Team
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Berlin Team

1948 Olympics

Saarvala also participated at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he finished shared 4th in horizontal bar, and 17th all-around. The Finnish team won gold medals, but as he was 7th best Finn he did not receive a medal.

References
  1. "1936 Summer Olympics – Berlin, Germany – Gymnastics" Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 29, 2008)


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