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Heikki Savolainen

1907 - 1997

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Heikki Ilmari Savolainen (28 September 1907 – 29 November 1997) 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 the 1952 games. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heikki Savolainen is the 31st most popular gymnast (up from 34th in 2019), the 162nd most popular biography from Finland (up from 202nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Heikki Savolainen ranks 31 out of 370. Before her are Ioannis Mitropoulos, Anton Heida, Karin Lindberg, Mitsuo Tsukahara, Viktor Chukarin, and Petros Persakis. After her are Giorgio Zampori, Lucien Démanet, Gustave Sandras, Carl Holmberg, Alberto Braglia, and Carl Albert Andersen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Heikki Savolainen ranks 190. Before her are John Marley, Nicanor Zabaleta, Helmut Walcha, Mark Krein, Jean Carzou, and Fritz Szepan. After her are Victor Capesius, Peggy Ashcroft, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, George Baird, Roger Vailland, and František Junek. Among people deceased in 1997, Heikki Savolainen ranks 149. Before her are Georgy Shonin, Witness Lee, Salvador Artigas, Adil Çarçani, John Akii-Bua, and Afonsinho. After her are Eugene Stoner, Heikki A. Alikoski, Misael Pastrana Borrero, Robert H. Dicke, Brian Keith, and Adriana Caselotti.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Heikki Savolainen ranks 162 out of 751. Before her are Matti Pellonpää (1951), Esa-Pekka Salonen (1958), Ernst Leonard Lindelöf (1870), Lill Lindfors (1940), Paavo Berglund (1929), and Mauno Pekkala (1890). After her are Ville Valo (1976), Juha Mieto (1949), Marita Lindahl (1938), Johannes Gabriel Granö (1882), Leevi Madetoja (1887), and Marcus Grönholm (1968).

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Among GYMNASTS In Finland

Among gymnasts born in Finland, Heikki Savolainen ranks 2. Before her are Paavo Aaltonen (1919).

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