Finnish Gymnasts: Finnish Aerobic Gymnasts, Finnish Artistic Gymnasts, Olympic Gymnasts of Finland.. details from sapnaonline
Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Finnish Aerobic Gymnasts, Finnish Artistic Gymnasts, Olympic Gymnasts of Finland, Heikki Savolainen, Tiia Piili, Karl Magnus Wegelius, Paavo Aaltonen, Elin Kallio, Aleksanteri Saarvala, Veikko Huhtanen, Veli Nieminen, Aarne Salovaara, Mauri Nyberg-Noroma, Eino Forsstrm, Eugen Ekman, Einari Tersvirta, Kalevi Laitinen, Olavi Rove, Kaarlo Soinio, Kaarlo Ekholm, Lauri Tanner, Vin Tiiri, Tauno Ilmoniemi, Otto Granstrm, Jalmari Kivenheimo, Kaarlo Kustaa Paasia, Matti Markkanen, Annamari Maaranen, Kaarlo Vasama, Klaus Suomela, Heikki Sammallahti, Kaarlo Mikkolainen, Mikko Hyvrinen, Eero Hyvrinen, Arno Saarinen, Arvi Pohjanp, Heikki Lehmusto, Heikki Riipinen, Iivari Kyykoski, Kaarlo Vhmki, Elis Sipil, Einar Werner Sahlstein, Aarne Pelkonen, Viktor Smeds, Aarne Pohjonen, Eino Saastamoinen, John Lindroth, Kurt Enoch Stenberg, Edvard Linna, Hannes Sirola, Karl Sandelin, Ilmari Keinnen, Eino Railio, Ilmari Pernaja, Karl Lund, Yrj Linko, Arvid Rydman, Johan Kemp. Excerpt: Heikki Ilmari Savolainen (September 28, 1907 November 29, 1997) was one of the most successful Finnish gymnasts and a two-time Olympic winner. Savolainen's career as a top gymnast lasted for six Summer Olympics. At Amsterdam in 1928 he won bronze on pommel horse, the first-ever medal in gymnastics for Finland. Winning his last medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he was the oldest gymnastics medalist ever at 44 years old. In the opening ceremony of the same Olympics, he was the one to deliver the Olympic Oath. Together with Harri Kirvesniemi, Alexei Nemov, and Franziska van Almsick, Savolainen won a record-breaking six bronze medals. In the 1932 horizontal bar event Savolainen and his teammate Einari Tersvirta had the same score, but the Finnish team decided t... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5222634