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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

	1936 Berlin	Horizontal bar
	1948 London	Team
	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.

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

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

External links

v t e Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Horizontal Bar
Summary
1896: Hermann Weingärtner (GER) 1904: Anton Heida (USA) 1904: Edward Hennig (USA) 1924: Leon Štukelj (YUG) 1928: Georges Miez (SUI) 1932: Dallas Bixler (USA) 1936: Aleksanteri Saarvala (FIN) 1948: Josef Stalder (SUI) 1952: Jack Günthard (SUI) 1956: Takashi Ono (JPN) 1960: Takashi Ono (JPN) 1964: Boris Shakhlin (URS) 1968: Akinori Nakayama (JPN) 1968: Mikhail Voronin (URS) 1972: Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN) 1976: Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN) 1980: Stoyan Deltchev (BUL) 1984: Shinji Morisue (JPN) 1988: Vladimir Artemov (URS) 1988: Valeri Liukin (URS) 1992: Trent Dimas (USA) 1996: Andreas Wecker (GER) 2000: Alexei Nemov (RUS) 2004: Igor Cassina (ITA) 2008: Zou Kai (CHN) 2012: Epke Zonderland (NED) 2016: Fabian Hambüchen (GER) 2020: Daiki Hashimoto (JPN) 2024: Shinnosuke Oka (JPN)

Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Horizontal Bar

Summary

1896: Hermann Weingärtner (GER)
1904: Anton Heida (USA)
1904: Edward Hennig (USA)
1924: Leon Štukelj (YUG)
1928: Georges Miez (SUI)
1932: Dallas Bixler (USA)
1936: Aleksanteri Saarvala (FIN)
1948: Josef Stalder (SUI)
1952: Jack Günthard (SUI)
1956: Takashi Ono (JPN)
1960: Takashi Ono (JPN)
1964: Boris Shakhlin (URS)
1968: Akinori Nakayama (JPN)
1968: Mikhail Voronin (URS)
1972: Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN)
1976: Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN)
1980: Stoyan Deltchev (BUL)
1984: Shinji Morisue (JPN)
1988: Vladimir Artemov (URS)
1988: Valeri Liukin (URS)
1992: Trent Dimas (USA)
1996: Andreas Wecker (GER)
2000: Alexei Nemov (RUS)
2004: Igor Cassina (ITA)
2008: Zou Kai (CHN)
2012: Epke Zonderland (NED)
2016: Fabian Hambüchen (GER)
2020: Daiki Hashimoto (JPN)
2024: Shinnosuke Oka (JPN)

v t e Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Team All-Around
Summary
1904: Mixed team (ZZX) 1908: Sweden (SWE) 1912: Italy (ITA) 1920: Italy (ITA) 1924: Italy (ITA) 1928: Switzerland (SUI) 1932: Italy (ITA) 1936: Germany (GER) 1948: Finland (FIN) 1952: Soviet Union (URS) 1956: Soviet Union (URS) 1960: Japan (JPN) 1964: Japan (JPN) 1968: Japan (JPN) 1972: Japan (JPN) 1976: Japan (JPN) 1980: Soviet Union (URS) 1984: United States (USA) 1988: Soviet Union (URS) 1992: Unified Team (EUN) 1996: Russia (RUS) 2000: China (CHN) 2004: Japan (JPN) 2008: China (CHN) 2012: China (CHN) 2016: Japan (JPN) 2020: ROC 2024: Japan (JPN)
1948 Finland (FIN): Paavo Aaltonen, Veikko Huhtanen, Kalevi Laitinen, Olavi Rove, Aleksanteri Saarvala, Sulo Salmi, Heikki Savolainen, Einari Teräsvirta

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