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Finland At The 1936 Summer Olympics
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. Medalists Gold *Gunnar Höckert (5 000 m) *Ilmari Salminen (10 000 m) *Volmari Iso-Hollo (3 000 m steeplechase) *Kustaa Pihlajamäki (freestyle wrestling 61 kg) * Lauri Koskela (Greco-Roman wrestling 66 kg) *Sten Suvio (boxing welterweight 66,6 kg) * Ale Saarvala (gymnastics - men's horizontal bar) Silver *Lauri Lehtinen (5 000 m) *Arvo Askola (10 000 m) *Kaarlo Tuominen (3 000 m steeplechase) *Sulo Bärlund (shot put) *Yrjö Nikkanen (javelin throw) *Aarne Reini (Greco-Roman wrestling 61 kg) Bronze *Volmari Iso-Hollo (10 000 m) * Kalervo Toivonen (javelin throw) * Hermanni Pihlajamäki (freestyle wrestling 66 kg) *Hjalmar Nyström (freestyle wrestling over 87 kg) *Eino Virtanen (Greco-Roman wrestling 72 kg) *Martti Uosikkinen, Heikki Savolainen, Mauri Noroma, Ale Saarvala, Esa Seeste, Ilmari Pakarinen, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Olympic Committee
The Finnish Olympic Committee ( fi, Suomen Olympiakomitea ry; sv, Finlands Olympiska Kommitté rf) is the national Olympic committee in Finland for the Olympic Games movement. It is a non-profit organisation that selects teams, and raises funds to send Finnish competitors to Olympic events organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Presidents See also *Finland at the Olympics *Finnish Paralympic Committee Finnish Paralympic Committee ( fi, Suomen Paralympiakomitea) is the National Paralympic Committee in Finland for the Paralympic Games movement. It is a non-profit organisation that selects teams, and raises funds to send Finnish competitors to P ... References External links Official website ** National Olympic Committees Ol 1907 establishments in Finland Sports organizations established in 1907 {{Olympic-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulo Bärlund
Sulo Richard Bärlund (15 April 1910 – 13 April 1986) was a Finnish shot putter who won a silver medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp .... At the European Championships he finished fourth in 1938 and sixth in 1946. References 1910 births 1986 deaths People from Kangasala People from Häme Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Finland Olympic silver medalists for Finland Finnish male shot putters Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Pirkanmaa 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eino Tukiainen
Eino Tukiainen (1 January 1915 in Vyborg – 2 February 1975 in Helsinki) was a Finnish gymnast who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp .... References 1915 births 1975 deaths Sportspeople from Vyborg People from Viipuri Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of Finland Gymnasts at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Einari Teräsvirta
Einari Teräsvirta (7 December 1914 – 23 November 1995) was a Finnish gymnast, Olympic Champion and well-known architect (graduated 1939, Helsinki). He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki. Olympics He competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles where he received a bronze medal in ''horizontal bar'', and a bronze medal in the team competition. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ... where he received a gold medal in ''team combined exercises''."1948 Summer Olympics – London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilmari Pakarinen
Veikko Ilmari Pakarinen (12 September 1910 in Vyborg – 6 December 1987 in Gold Coast, Queensland) was a Finnish gymnast who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp .... References 1910 births 1987 deaths Finnish male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of Finland Gymnasts at the 1932 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics {{Finland-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esa Seeste
Esa Seeste (4 July 1913 in Vyborg – 2 October 1997 in Helsinki) was a Finnish gymnast who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp .... References 1913 births 1997 deaths Finnish male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of Finland Gymnasts at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauri Noroma
Mauri Nyberg-Noroma (31 January 1908 in Vyborg – 23 December 1939 in Muolaa) was a Finnish gymnast. He won three Olympic medals for Finland. He took part in his first Olympics in 1928 in Amsterdam but did not medal. He came joint sixth after a fifth place in the rings and seventh on the pommel horse and parallel bars. The Finnish team came in fifth place in the team competition. In the next Olympics, in 1932, Finland took bronze in the team competition. Individually, Nyberg-Noroma failed to medal, but he came in fourth place in the parallel bars, 1.4 points behind his compatriot Heikki Savolainen, who took bronze. Overall, he came in ninth place. At the Olympics in Berlin in 1936, the Finns repeated their result from the previous Olympics and won bronze in the team competition. This time, Nyberg-Noroma came in 16th place overall. He was killed in action during the Winter War The Winter War,, sv, Vinterkriget, rus, Зи́мняя война́, r=Zimnya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heikki Savolainen (athlete)
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 those games. olympic.org In 1932, Savolainen and his teammate had the same score on |
Martti Uosikkinen
Martti Uosikkinen (20 August 1909, in Kuopio – 9 March 1940) was a Finnish gymnast who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics, in the 1932 Summer Olympics, and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin .... References 1909 births 1940 deaths Finnish male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of Finland Gymnasts at the 1928 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1932 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in gymnastics People from Kuopio Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Finnish military personnel killed in World War II Sportspeople from North Savo 20th-century Finnish people { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eino Virtanen
Eino Mauno Virtanen (19 August 1908 in Uskela – 3 December 1980 in Helsinki) was a Finnish wrestler who took part in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin and 1948 Games in London. Virtanen won an Olympic bronze in wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He came in third in the welterweight class up to 72.0 kg, in Greco-Roman style, behind Rudolf Svedberg from Sweden and Fritz Schäfer from Germany. Virtanen became European champion in wrestling in 1946 in Stockholm. Olympic medals *1936 Berlin - Bronze in wrestling, Greco-Roman style, welterweight Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ... References External links * 1908 births 1980 deaths People from Salo, Finland Wrestlers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1948 Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hjalmar Nyström
Hjalmar Eemil Nyström (28 March 1904 – 6 December 1960) was a Finnish heavyweight wrestler who competed at the 1924, 1928 and 1936 Olympics. He placed tenth in freestyle wrestling in 1924 and won a silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling (Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mod ... in 1928. At the 1936 Olympics he won a freestyle bronze and finished fifth in the Greco-Roman contest. At the European championships he won three silver medals in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1930, 1931 and 1935 and a freestyle bronze in 1934. Domestically, Nyström won ten titles, all in Greco-Roman wrestling, in 1924, 1926–28, 1930–31, 1935–37 and 1939. Nyström worked as a steam locomotive fireman and later as a train driver. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermanni Pihlajamäki
Herman Matinpoika "Hermanni" Pihlajamäki (11 November 1903 – 4 June 1982) was a Finnish wrestler. He competed in freestyle wrestling at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics and won a gold and a bronze medal, respectively. At the European championships he won a freestyle gold medal in 1931, and two silver medals in 1935, in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. Pihlajamäki won six Finnish titles: in 1927, 1930, 1932 and 1935–1937, five of them in freestyle wrestling. He worked as a policeman. His cousin Kustaa Kustaa is a Finnish masculine name derived from Gustav. Notable people named Kustaa include: * Arvo Kustaa Halberg (1910–2000), leader of the Communist Party USA *Kaarlo Kustaa Lappalainen (1877–1965), Finnish sport shooter *Kalle Kustaa Paasi ... was also a policeman and an Olympic champion in wrestling. References External links * 1903 births 1982 deaths Olympic wrestlers for Finland Wrestlers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1936 Summer Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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