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Paavo Aaltonen

1919 - 1962

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Paavo Johannes Aaltonen (11 December 1919 – 9 September 1962) was a Finnish artistic gymnast and a three-time Olympic champion. At the 1948 Summer Olympics, he won four medals, of which three were gold, including a three-way tie for gold in the pommel horse with teammates Veikko Huhtanen and Heikki Savolainen. He also competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics, winning a team bronze for a total of five Olympic medals during his career. At the 1950 World Championships, Aaltonen won the gold medal on the horizontal bar and the team silver medal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paavo Aaltonen is the 22nd most popular gymnast (down from 16th in 2019), the 137th most popular biography from Finland (down from 114th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Paavo Aaltonen ranks 22 out of 370. Before him are Boris Shakhlin, Thomas Xenakis, Nellie Kim, Takashi Ono, Helena Rakoczy, and Miroslav Cerar. After him are Alfred Schwarzmann, Alina Kabaeva, Ioannis Mitropoulos, Anton Heida, Karin Lindberg, and Mitsuo Tsukahara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Paavo Aaltonen ranks 149. Before him are Briek Schotte, Paul de Man, Lisa Della Casa, Anne Buydens, Salomon Morel, and Robert Stack. After him are Mariano Martín, Werner Goldberg, Igor Gouzenko, Pál Losonczi, Vera Aceva, and Julia Robinson. Among people deceased in 1962, Paavo Aaltonen ranks 104. Before him are José Giral, Max Vasmer, Karl Rapp, György Orth, Charles Galton Darwin, and Luigi Carnera. After him are Candido Portinari, Richard Herrmann, Hermann Muhs, Pierre Benoit, Philippe Cattiau, and Franz Kaiser.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Paavo Aaltonen ranks 137 out of 751. Before him are Lauri Virtanen (1904), Rafael Paasio (1903), Mauritz Stiller (1883), Reino Ragnar Lehto (1898), Christian von Steven (1781), and Lydia Wideman (1920). After him are Antti Rinne (1962), Emil Väre (1885), Aimo Lahti (1896), Jörn Donner (1933), Petter Adolf Karsten (1834), and Mari Kiviniemi (1968).

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Among GYMNASTS In Finland

Among gymnasts born in Finland, Paavo Aaltonen ranks 1. After him are Heikki Savolainen (1907).

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