Aleksanteri Saarvala (9 April 1913 – 7 October 1989) was a Finnishgymnast 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.
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^"1936 Summer Olympics – Berlin, Germany – Gymnastics" 2007-08-27 at the Wayback MachinedatabaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 29, 2008)
aleksanteri, saarvala, april, 1913, october, 1989, finnish, gymnast, olympic, champion, competed, 1936, summer, olympics, berlin, where, received, gold, medal, horizontal, bronze, medal, team, combined, exercises, shown, stamp, from, 1945personal, informationc. 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 SaarvalaShown on a stamp from 1945Personal informationCountry represented FinlandBorn 1913 04 09 9 April 1913Died7 October 1989 1989 10 07 aged 76 DisciplineMen s artistic gymnasticsMedal record Olympic Games1936 Berlin Horizontal bar1948 London Team1936 Berlin Team1948 Olympics editSaarvala 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 edit 1936 Summer Olympics Berlin Germany Gymnastics Archived 2007 08 27 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics com Retrieved on March 29 2008 External links editAleksanteri Saarvala at Olympics com nbsp Aleksanteri Saarvala at Olympedia nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to Finnish artistic gymnastics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Finnish Olympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Aleksanteri Saarvala amp oldid 1156721868, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
