Aarne Ihamo Salovaara (born Arne Ihamo Nylenius, 25 December 1887 – 11 September 1945) was a Finnish athlete, who won two Olympic medals and two Finnish championships.

Athletics

Olympic Games

National

He won the Finnish national championships in a combined sports competition Urheilukuninkuuskilpailut in 1904 and 1906. Salovaara was a district secretary in the Finnish gymnastics and sport federation SVUL in 1906–1907 and a district chairman in 1910–1911, and a member of the board of SVUL in 1913 and 1926. He was the chairman of the club Kotkan Into intermittently in 1915–1927.

Personal

Salovaara finnicized his name from Nylenius on 12 May 1906. He took part in a Fennoman protest in 1908 and was relegated from his university for one term. He was a board member of the

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in 1913–1914. He was the councillor of municipal court in Kotka in 1915–1945. He was active in the Kotka White Guard, where he reached the rank of

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Salovaara, Aarne 1887 births 1945 deaths Sportspeople from Kotka Sportspeople from Viipuri Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish male artistic gymnasts Finnish male discus throwers Finnish male javelin throwers Olympic gymnasts for Finland Olympic silver medalists for Finland Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 1908 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics