Aleksanteri Saarvala
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Aleksanteri Saarvala | |
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— Gymnast — | |
Country represented | Finland |
Born | April 9, 1913 |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics |
Medal record
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Aleksanteri Saarvala (April 9, 1913 – October 7, 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]
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" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 29, 2008)
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