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
1936 Berlin Horizontal bar
1948 London Team
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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