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Jalmari Kivenheimo

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Olympic medal record
Men's Gymnastics
Representing Russia Finland
Silver medal – second place 1912 Stockholm Team, free system

Viktor Jalmar "Jalmari" Kivenheimo (25 September 1889 – 29 October 1994) was a Finnish gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]

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, and he died in 1994 at the age of 105.[2][3] He was the last surviving Olympic medalist born before the 1896 Games began on 6 April.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ databaseOlympics profile for Jalmari Kivenheimo Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Greenberg, Stan (September 2007). Olympian Almanack 2008.
  3. ^ "Jalmari Kivenheimo". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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