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Born | Hamina, Finland | 27 May 1926
Died | 16 September 1985 59) Turku, Finland | (aged
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Sport | Swimming |
Einar Ferdinand "Einari" Aalto (27 May 1926 – 16 September 1985) was a Finnish swimmer. He competed in the men's 400 metre freestyle at the 1952 Summer Olympics. [1]
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Heikki Ilmari Savolainen was a Finnish artistic gymnast. He competed in five consecutive Olympics from 1928 to 1952 and won at least one medal in each of them. In 1928, he won a bronze on pommel horse, which was the first-ever medal in gymnastics for Finland. Winning his last medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he became the oldest gymnastics medalist, at 44 years old; he delivered the Olympic Oath in the opening ceremony of those games. In 1932, Savolainen and his teammate Einari Teräsvirta had the same score on horizontal bar, but the Finnish team voted to give the silver medal to Savolainen. In 1948, he again had the same score as teammates Veikko Huhtanen and Paavo Aaltonen on pommel horse, and the gold medal was shared between the three.
Finland competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 108 competitors, 103 men and 5 women, took part in 70 events in 14 sports.
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Aalto is a Finnish surname meaning "wave". Notable people with the surname include:
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The men's horizontal bar event was part of the gymnastics programme at the 1932 Summer Olympics. It was contested for the fifth time after 1896, 1904, 1924, and 1928. The competition was held on Thursday, August 11, 1932. Twelve gymnasts from six nations competed. Each nation was limited to three gymnasts. The event was won by Dallas Bixler of the United States, the nation's first victory in the men's horizontal bar since 1904 and second overall. Heikki Savolainen and Einari Teräsvirta of Finland tied for second; the two agreed that Savolainen would take silver and Teräsvirta bronze. They were the first medals for Finland in the horizontal bar.
Martti Einari Laakso is a Finnish former wrestler who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics. His elder brother was the Finnish wrestler, Matti Laakso.
Esa Einari Kervinen was a Finnish sport shooter who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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Einari is a Finnish and Estonian masculine given name, a cognate to the Scandinavian given name Einar.