Aleksanteri Saarvala

Aleksanteri Saarvala
Country represented	Finland
Born	(1913-04-09)April 9, 1913
Died	October 7, 1989(1989-10-07) (aged 76)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Medal record Olympic Games 1936 Berlin Horizontal bar 1948 London Team 1936 Berlin Team

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

Olympic champions in artistic gymnastics - men's team all-around
1904:  United States (USA) 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)
1948  Finland (FIN): Paavo Aaltonen · Veikko Huhtanen · Kalevi Laitinen · Olavi Rove · Aleksanteri Saarvala · Sulo Salmi · Heikki Savolainen · Einari Teräsvirta