Aleksanteri Saarvala (original) (raw)

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Finnish artistic gymnast

Aleksanteri Saarvala
Shown on a stamp from 1945
Personal information
Born (1913-04-09)9 April 1913
Died 7 October 1989(1989-10-07) (aged 76)
Gymnastics career
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented Finland
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

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]

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.

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