Great Olympians

Biographies - AAL


Per Knut Aaland

B. 1954-09-05, Stryn, Norway
Cross-Country Skiing (1 silver)
1976 1980 HP
Men's 30 kilometres 16th 6.4
Men's 50 kilometres sixth 640
Men's 4x10 km Relay silver 1000
1646.4


Cor Aalten

B. 1913-09-14, Nijenrode, the Netherlands; D. 1991-01-21
Athletics
1932 HP
Women's 100 metres SF:6th 52
Women's 4x100 metres Relay fourth 400
452


Einar Ferdinand "Einari" Aalto

B. 1926-05-27, Hamina, Finland; D. 1985-09-16
Aquatics - Swimming
1952 HP
Men's 400 metres Freestyle R1:45th 0.00001
0.00001


Jorma Ilmari Aalto

B. 1957-08-24, Tampere, Finland
Cross-Country Skiing
1980 HP
Men's 30 kilometres 26th 0.064
0.064


Arvo Aaltonen

B. 1889-12-02, Pori, Finland; D. 1949-06-17
Aquatics - Swimming (2 bronze)
1912 1920 1924 HP
Men's 200 m Breaststroke SF:6th bronze R1:4th 2616.668
Men's 400 m Breaststroke SF:3rd bronze 3520
6136.668

Olympic Competitor nr 5909


Paavo Aaltonen

B. 1919-12-11, Kemi, Finland; D. 1962-09-09
Gymnastics (3 gold, 2 bronze)
1948 1952 HP
Men's Individual All-Around bronze 20th 2561
Men's Team All-Around gold bronze 2240
Men's Floor Exercise 29th 24th 0.044
Men's Horse Vault gold 35th 1600
Men's Parallel Bars 7th 27th 100.01
Men's Horizontal Bar 12th 11th 26
Men's Rings 17th 38th 1
Men's Pommeled Horse gold (*) 40th 1600
8128.054

(*) On the Pommeled Horse in 1948, three finns (Heikki Savolainen, Veikko Huhtanen and Paavo Aaltonen) shared the gold medal.


Wäinö Valdemar Aaltonen

B. 1894-03-08, Marttila, Finland, then part of Russia, represented Finland; D. 1965-05-30
Art Competitions
1948 HP
Sculpture - unknown event ac 2.274
2.274


written 2002-10-27 - last modified 2023-02-02

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