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| Full name | Paavo Johannes Aaltonen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1919-12-11)11 December 1919 Kemi, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 September 1962(1962-09-09) (aged 42) Sipoo, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
References
- "Paavo Aaltonen". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- "Paavo Johannes Aaltonen". Olympics. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
External links
- Paavo Aaltonen at Olympedia (archive)
- Paavo Aaltonen at Olympics.com
- Paavo Aaltonen at Olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish)
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1948  Finland (FIN): Paavo Aaltonen, Veikko Huhtanen, Kalevi Laitinen, Olavi Rove, Aleksanteri Saarvala, Sulo Salmi, Heikki Savolainen, Einari Teräsvirta |
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- 1919 births
- 1962 deaths
- Sportspeople from Kemi
- Finnish male artistic gymnasts
- Gymnasts at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts for Finland
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