Antti Kasvio
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Antti Alexander Kasvio |
Nationality | Finland |
Born | Espoo, Finland | 20 December 1973
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Club | Laaksolahden Viri |
Medal record |
Antti Alexander Kasvio (born 20 December 1973 in Espoo) is a former freestyle swimmer from Finland who won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Together with Jani Sievinen he was Finland's leading swimmer in the 1990s.
At the 1993 European Swimming Championships (long course) in Sheffield, Kasvio won the 200 and the 400 m freestyle. A year later, at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy, he won the world title in the 200 m freestyle and captured the silver medal in the 400 m freestyle.
References
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Antti Kasvio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
Categories:
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Espoo
- Olympic swimmers for Finland
- Finnish male freestyle swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- Finnish male water polo players
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Finnish swimming biography stubs