Viktor Jalmar "Jalmari" Kivenheimo (25 September 1889 – 29 October 1994) was a
Finnish
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gymnast
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who competed in the
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...
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He was part of the Finnish team, which won the silver medal in the gymnastics men's team, free system event. He is the longest lived Olympic medalist, as he died in 1994 at the age of 105 years.
He was the last surviving Olympic medalist born before the 1896 Games began on 6 April.
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1889 births
1994 deaths
Finnish centenarians
Finnish male artistic gymnasts
Gymnasts at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Olympic gymnasts of Finland
Olympic silver medalists for Finland
Olympic medalists in gymnastics
Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Men centenarians
20th-century Finnish people
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