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Einari Teräsvirta

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Einari Teräsvirta
Medal record
Men's Gymnastic
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1948 London Team
Bronze medal – third place 1932 Los Angeles Horizontal bar
Bronze medal – third place 1932 Los Angeles Team
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Berlin Team

Einari Teräsvirta (7 December 1914 – 23 November 1995[1]) was a Finnish gymnast, Olympic Champion and well-known architect (graduated 1939, Helsinki).

He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.[2]

Olympics

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He competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles where he received a bronze medal in horizontal bar, and a bronze medal in the team competition. At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he received a gold medal in team combined exercises.[3]

Architecture

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Notable designs by Teräsvirta include:

References

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  1. ^ "Einari Teräsvirta Biography and Statistics - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  2. ^ "Hietaniemen hautausmaa – merkittäviä vainajia" (PDF). Helsingin seurakuntayhtymä. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  3. ^ "1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Gymnastics" Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 3, 2008)
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