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Aarne Salovaara

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Aarne Salovaara
portrait circa 1904
Personal information
Birth nameArne Ihamo Nylenius
Full nameAarne Ihamo Salovaara
Born(1887-12-25)December 25, 1887
Kotka, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
DiedSeptember 11, 1945(1945-09-11) (aged 57)
Kotka, Finland
OccupationJurist
Sport
CountryFinland
SportGymnastics and athletics
ClubKotkan Into
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • two-handed javelin throw: 86.85 m
  • javelin throw, better hand: 49.60 m (1908)
  • discus throw: 36.22 (1905)
Medal record
Representing Finland
Olympic Games
Men's Gymnastics
Silver medal – second place 1912 Stockholm Team, free system
Bronze medal – third place 1908 London Gymnastics team

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

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Olympic Games

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Aarne Salovaara at the Olympic Games
Games Sport Event Rank Result Notes
1908 Summer Olympics Gymnastics Team 3rd 405 points Source:[1]
Athletics Discus throw 12th–42nd unknown Source:[2]
Javelin throw 4th 45.89 metres Source:[3]
Freestyle javelin throw 10th–33rd unknown Source:[4]
Shot put Did not start
Greek discus throw Did not start
1912 Summer Olympics Gymnastics Team, free system 2nd 109.25 points
Athletics Pentathlon Did not start

National

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He won the Finnish national championships in a combined sports competition Urheilukuninkuuskilpailut in 1904[5] and 1906.[6]

Salovaara was a district secretary in the Finnish gymnastics and sport federation SVUL in 1906–1907, 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

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Salovaara finnicized his name from Nylenius on 12 May 1906.[7]

He took part in a Fennoman protest in 1908 and was relegated from his university for one term.[8] He was a board member of the Student Union of the University of Helsinki in 1913–1914.[9]

He was the councillor of municipal court in Kotka in 1915–1945.[10][9]

He was active in the Kotka White Guard, where he reached the rank of vääpeli.[11]

Sources

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  • Siukonen, Markku (2001). Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000. Suuri olympiateos (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 297. ISBN 951-98673-1-7.
  • Aarne Salovaara at Olympedia Edit this at Wikidata

References

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  1. ^ Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2001). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.
  2. ^ Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2001). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.
  3. ^ Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2001). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.
  4. ^ Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2001). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.
  5. ^ Hannus, Matti; Laitinen, Esa; Martiskainen, Seppo (2002). Kalevan kisat, Kalevan malja — vuosisata yleisurheilun Suomen mestaruuksia (in Finnish). Lahti: Suomen urheiluliiton julkaisut. p. 249. ISBN 951-96491-5-8.
  6. ^ Hannus, Matti; Laitinen, Esa; Martiskainen, Seppo (2002). Kalevan kisat, Kalevan malja — vuosisata yleisurheilun Suomen mestaruuksia (in Finnish). Lahti: Suomen urheiluliiton julkaisut. p. 250. ISBN 951-96491-5-8.
  7. ^ "Nimenmuuttoja". Lisälehti Suomalaisen Virallisen Lehden N:oon 109 (in Finnish). 12 May 1906. p. 11. ISSN 1457-4322.
  8. ^ Klinge, Matti (1968). 1872–1917. Ylioppilaskunnan historia (in Finnish). Vol. 3. Helsinki: WSOY. p. 295.
  9. ^ a b Klinge, Matti (1978). 1918-1960. Itsenäisen Suomen ylioppilaat. Ylioppilaskunnan historia (in Finnish). Vol. 4. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopiston ylioppilaskunta, Gaudeamus. p. 375. ISBN 9516622291.
  10. ^ Anttila, Leo; et al., eds. (1955). Kotkan historia (in Finnish). Vol. II. Kotka: Suomen punaisen ristin Kymen piirihallitus. p. 405.
  11. ^ "Sk.-miesten merkkipäiviä joulukuulla". Kymenlaakson vartio (in Finnish). No. 12/1937. Kouvola: Kymenlaakson suojeluskuntapiirin piiriesikunta. December 1937. p. 207. Retrieved 29 June 2023 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
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